The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) revealed on Tuesday that a department policy to reimburse service members for leave time and travel expenses for abortion-related travel was used 12 times in a seven-month period last year after the policy went into effect.
The DOD announced last February that it would grant administrative absence time and provide a travel allowance for service members who have to travel from their duty post to another state to receive “non-covered reproductive health care” services.
