The Pentagon repealed a Biden-era policy on Tuesday that allowed military members to travel to get abortions on the taxpayer’s dime.
The Biden administration’s policy drew the ire of U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) in 2023 when he placed holds on promotions of military members for nine months in protest of the Biden administration’s policy of funding abortion-related expenses for service members to travel to other states to procure abortions if their state of residence has legal restrictions.
Tuberville’s tactics were supported by social conservatives but criticized by the D.C. establishment including some Republicans.
“For the past two years, I have been sounding the alarm about the Pentagon’s illegal and immoral practice of using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. I took a lot of heat when I stood alone for nearly a year in holding senior Pentagon promotions over this—but as of today, it was all worth it. The Biden administration treated taxpayers like their own personal Piggy bank that they could use to bankroll their woke agenda. President Trump and Secretary Hegseth affirmed today what I’ve been fighting for since I got to Washington: zero taxpayer dollars should go towards abortions. Under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s leadership, the Pentagon will once again be focused on lethality, not pushing a political agenda. Thank God common sense has been restored to our military under President Trump’s leadership," Tuberville said on Friday.
News of the policy’s repeal was first reported by POLITICOPRO.
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