Jackie Speier: “the VA has the most restrictive policy of any Federal agency on abortion and abortion counseling.”

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…

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…

I'm more anxious, and I think for all Members, there is going to be more trepidation associated with them being out with their constituents.

I am horrified at the utter lack of medical privacy servicewomen face when pregnant.