On the recordSeptember 20, 2022
I thank the gentlewoman for her service then and for her service now. Her comments about young servicewomen just out of high school or college, who find themselves pregnant and seek an abortion, reminds me of a story that I heard at a base here in the United States of a young, single mother, servicewoman, who was struggling to take care of her young daughter in part because the childcare--she was lucky enough to have childcare at that particular base. Many of our bases are impacted with long waiting lists. But she actually had a slot. But the childcare center didn't open until 6 o'clock, and she had to be at physical training and exercises at 5:30, so she was always juggling that situation. Imagine if you are not even prepared to have a child and you are forced to give birth to that child and have to cope with all of those additional issues as well. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Jacobs), another colleague on the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, a fellow Californian, and a great member of our freshman class.
