PENTAGON TO PROVIDE TRAVEL ALLOWANCES FOR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO MUST TRAVEL OUT OF STATE FOR ABORTIONS
October 20, 2022 ·Jenna Biter
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III briefs the press from the Pentagon Briefing Room, Washington, DC, Feb. 19, 2021. US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders.
The Defense Department will fund travel for service members and dependents seeking abortions if they are stationed in states where abortion is or becomes illegal, according to a Pentagon memo released Thursday, Oct. 20.
Signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, the memo lays out guidance that military leaders should ensure access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June that overturned Roe v. Wade.
The memo directed leaders to:
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