Posted on 06/26/2022 8:32:49 AM PDT by bitt
The Pentagon has made the announcement that it will refuse to recognize any abortion laws springing from the Supreme Court’s decision that there is no guaranteed right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III issued a statement on on Friday regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“Nothing is more important to me or to this Department than the health and well-being of our Service members, the civilian workforce and DOD families,” the Pentagon chief announced. “I am committed to taking care of our people and ensuring the readiness and resilience of our Force. The Department is examining this decision closely and evaluating our policies to ensure we continue to provide seamless access to reproductive health care as permitted by federal law.”
Politico reported that the Department of Defense does not yet have “any policy to announce for accommodating female service members stationed in states that have outlawed abortion,” officials tell NatSec Daily.
“Female troops seeking the procedure already face steep hurdles to getting the care they need: They cannot get abortions at military medical facilities, and federal law also prevents troops from using their Tricare health insurance to cover the cost of the procedures at private facilities, unless the life of the mother is at risk due to the Hyde Amendment,” Politico added.
“The biggest challenge currently is the lack of complete freedom to travel when you want to travel without having to get permission from a supervisor,” former Air Force JAG officer and Southwestern law professor Rachel Vanlandingham said. “Now, women serving here stateside are going to be subject to the whims [of the states] that they are involuntarily assigned to.”
It is not lost on Americans, however, that the same Pentagon that summarily discharged servicemembers for failing to comply with a Covid-19 vaccine mandate has announced it will ignore state laws and suddenly respect the bodily autonomy of female servicemembers.
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Oh, well....Here’s my list of State laws I refuse to comply with.....
If there is one thing the Pentagon is good at its killing kids.
Nice that the dems started this....Now when we say we won’t follow dems rules, we have them as proof that no one has to follow gov’t.....
SecDef Austin, that decision was made, as we say, above your pay grade.
Wonder if women planning to join our military have to take a pregnancy test?
Obama did a great job weaponizing the Federal government….and people said he was lazy. Pffft
State laws for the most part are not valid on military installations. The problem the DOD would have is getting enough doctors willing to conduct abortions at base hospitals.
They did no such thing. They issued a generic statement about how all service person's health is important to them, blah blah...and said they would continue to follow federal law.
New for many of you. The DoD is a federal agency. It is controlled by federal law, not state law. That's what they do. Their statement said nothing.
So what is this filthy PoS going to do? Only option is to put private Planned Parenthood facilities on military installations, since it is already illegal to perform abortions in military hospitals, and since in states that forbid abortion there will be no options off-post.
When I was in there was no abortion procedure paid for by DOD. As a nurse it was a safe place to be not having to participate
Yes, and abortionists in said metro area now looking for a new place to go do abortions under the protection of FedGov... and then leave the new place and go home at 5:00...
Yes, this is gonna get fun real quick, just like you said.
He is a despicable swine.
“but it won’t mean diddly if they break the law.”
As we have learned relatively recently, it all depends on who it is that’s breaking the law.
This is normal.
Military facilities are federal property under federal jurisdiction. They are not required to follow local laws on base unless they agree to.
Publicly announcing that they will not follow state abortion restrictions is virtue signaling. Getting outraged about the announcement is ignorance.
This is not really new. Technically, a military base is Federal property.
Indeed--it won't be long before the military has to go back to the days of the "go into the military or go to jail" to meet its recruiting goals like it was in the late 1960s and 70s--now that I think about, maybe that's the plan.
“ When I was in there was no abortion procedure paid for by DOD. As a nurse it was a safe place to be not having to participate”
Oh he’s talking about travel
That’s what they’re all talking about. T Starbucks, Amazon, all the usuals
Pentagon has seceded from the United States.
If they do not follow State laws, what laws do they follow?
what is more dangerous than a standing army that makes the statement that they do not need to obey laws?
So does this now change the law as noted below:
Op-Ed: Abortion restrictions widely punish military womenhttps://www.latimes.com › opinion › story › abortion-la...
Nov 12, 2021 — On top of public funding restrictions, military treatment facilities are prohibited from performing abortions, even if servicewomen pay for them ...
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