Democrats Ask Pentagon to ‘Protect Abortion’ for Service Members, Citing National Security

Democrats Ask Pentagon to ‘Protect Abortion’ for Service Members, Citing National Security
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) speaks in Washington on June 10, 2020. Al-Drago-Pool/Getty Images
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Senate Democrats on March 27 asked Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to “protect abortion” for U.S. military service members.

In a March 27 letter written by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and co-signed by most of the Senate Democrat caucus, Democrats suggested that women in the military having access to abortion was a matter of national security (pdf).
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