President Donald Trump’s executive order that ended the use of taxpayer dollars “to fund or promote elective abortion” will change how female military service pursue getting the procedure.
The Pentagon reversed the Department of Defense’s abortion policy implemented by the Biden administration. This meant that the government would no longer fund the travel of service members who needed to cross state lines to perform an abortion. The policy change went into effect immediately after it was announced last week, according to Military Times.
Previously, under the Biden administration, those in the military who sought to get an abortion out of state were reportedly granted travel stipends and up to three weeks of administration leave. It was deemed a necessity by the former administration after the
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