Senate Republicans press Pentagon for evidence to back claim abortion ruling may impact military 'readiness'
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Senate Republicans are asking the Pentagon to provide information to back up its allegation that the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision will negatively impact military "readiness."
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Current law prohibits DOD from paying for service members' abortions unless the life of the mother is endangered and in other more rare circumstances, including incest and rape. Therefore, the Pentagon acknowledges in the memo that there would be no impact on the existing prohibitions under federal law.
The memo also states that the Dobbs decision would have no impact on already existing leave policies, which currently authorize DOD employees to travel to receive abortion services, and sick leave may continue to be used to cover time off needed to receive such procedures.