US Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington. File photoWASHINGTON, Oct 20 Pentagon Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a memo saying that military personnel from states where abortions are banned will be reimbursed by the agency for the procedure, Politico reports.»Pentagon to pay employees for abortion travel Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin established travel incentives to provide military personnel and their dependents with access to reproductive medicine,» the publication reports. So the Secretary of Defense reacted to the decision of the US Supreme Court, which overturned the provision on the constitutionality of women's right to abortion, after which the procedure was recognized illegal in some states. Austin said in the memo that a «significant number» of military personnel would be forced to travel long distances, take days off and pay to receive reproductive assistance, which could lead to extreme consequences and prevent the army from maintaining combat readiness, the publication said.
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