The United States Navy scrapped policies covering travel expenses and offering leave for sailors who seek abortions.
The new policy, issued on Feb. 25, said that “taxpayer dollars will not be used to fund, promote, or reimburse Service Members or dependents for elective abortion-related travel expenses.”
The move came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order called “Enforcing the Hyde Amendment” days after his inauguration.
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The order nixed “the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion.”
It thereby ended two orders to that effect from now-former President Joe Biden on increasing access to abortion.
“For nearly five decades, the Congress has annually enacted the Hyde Amendment and similar laws that prevent Federal funding of elective abortion, reflecting a longstanding consensus
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