And I would also say, Under Secretary, while you are doing that education with women who are in boot camp, we really need it for the men as well, because, truly, we keep losing sight of the fact that there are two in this process.

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

This is not a hearing on whether or not service members should be able to choose where they serve.

it is truly a great privilege for us to have heard from you... one that is untenable and unacceptable, and one that we must fix.

The ability to access an abortion should not depend on how much money you have, where you live, or where you are stationed.

We respectfully ask that you summarize your testimony in 5 minutes or less.

the fact that we don't offer the healthcare at the military treatment facility where they are, means that they then have to take their--what leave they have and use it to get healthcare, which seems like it is once again another punitive…

Do you think that this is going to discourage women from serving in the military?

Access to abortion care is essential to a woman's health and central to their economic and social well-being.

Arkansas doesn't have abortion care anymore. Alabama doesn't have abortion care anymore.

It pains me, as I am sure it pains many of us, to hear these stories, but they are real stories.

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.