Austin: Department Of Defense Will Fund Travel For Service Members’ Abortions

On Thursday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that the Defense Department would be funding traveling and transportation to service members seeking abortions. “The recent Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has impacted access to reproductive health care with readiness, recruiting, and retention implications for the Force,” Austin wrote in a memo. “Since the Supreme Court’s decision, we have heard concerns from many of our Service members and their families about the complexity and the uncertainty that they now face in accessing reproductive health care, including abortion services.” “We also recognize that recent developments may create legal and financial


