The Pentagon will provide service members with travel funds and resources if they need access to abortions. This comes as many states have adopted strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade.
In a memo released Thursday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the department to implement a host of new reproductive health care policies. The Pentagon created the policies to address troop members' concerns, especially those based in states where abortions are now illegal, per NPR.
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