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Mr. Speaker, the people and communities of California's San Joaquin Valley have been dealing with devastating drought conditions for years. Water is life, as we say, agua es vida. A reliable, sustainable water supply is absolutely…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3451) to include certain computer-related projects in the Federal permitting program under title XLI of the FAST Act, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the…
Covered abortions is what is critical here. So, only for rape, incest, and life of the mother will they cover the cost.
Let me be clear, it is inhumane to force women to remain pregnant against their will.
The ability to access an abortion should not depend on how much money you have, where you live, or where you are stationed.
But service members do not get to choose where they live. This leaves 230,000 servicewomen who could be ordered to a State that restricts bodily autonomy, jeopardizing our recruitment and retention efforts.
Access to abortion care is essential to a woman's health and central to their economic and social well-being.
As our military members defend our freedoms, we must defend theirs.
The Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned 50 years of precedent and took away the established constitutional right to an abortion.
It is wrong to create government-mandated pregnancies.
DOD must act now to provide the right resources at the right time at the right place so that service members and their families--who have no choice about where they live--continue to have access to the reproductive care they need, want…
This is not a hearing on whether or not service members should be able to choose where they serve.
And to have anyone snuff out that opportunity for just a lack of providing services to our service members is repelling to me.
It pains me, as I am sure it pains many of us, to hear these stories, but they are real stories.
Arkansas doesn't have abortion care anymore. Alabama doesn't have abortion care anymore.
We respectfully ask that you summarize your testimony in 5 minutes or less.
Military women are therefore understandably concerned about access to reproductive healthcare.
Do you think that this is going to discourage women from serving in the military?