John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council defended abortion access for U.S. service members and their families as “critical to military readiness.”
The administration has been critical of Senator Tuberville with his holds on military promotions because of social policy and saying that he is harming military readiness. On the flip side of that impasse-- and this is something that Republican lawmakers have raised. Why is the new DOD policy on abortion critical to military readiness?No, I mean I really am. One in five members of the US military are women, 20%. And we're an all-volunteer force. Nobody's forcing you to sign up and go.
And our policies, whether they're diversity, inclusion, and equity or whether they're about transgender individuals who qualify physically and mentally to serve, to be able to do it with dignity, or whether it's about female service members, one in five, or female family members being able to count on the kinds of health care, and reproductive care specifically, that they need to serve, that is a foundational, sacred obligation of military leaders across the river.
So if you don't think there's going to be a retention and a morale issue, think again because it's already having that effect. I have a son in the Navy. I think you all know that. And a son-in-law too, they're both stationed down in Norfolk on destroyers. And they're proud to keep serving their country and the Navy. But the Navy told them where to go.
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