Differing Perspectives- Military Women and Abortion (pt. 2)

http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/News2?abbr=daily4_&page=NewsArticle&id=29097

In June of 2011, the Women's Health Policy Report stated that it was unconstitutional and an abuse over women in the military to deny these U.S. military members the right to a full covered abortion. In early 2011, The House of Rules declined an amendment that stated that women in the military could have a full paid abortion as they were serving without any given explanation or rational reason. Susan Davis argued to the House of Rules that rather than denying military women the right to a full covered abortion, they should be going out of their way to help these women since their "risk of sexual assaults doubles" when enlisting in the armed forces.

Differing Perspectives- Military Women and Abortion

http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/7788515-474/editorial-give-military-women-equal-abortion-rights.html

For almost any group, the cost of abortion is always covered in the case of rape or incest, except for the women in this group: U.S. Department of Defense. The women in this group, if in the situation, must seek medical help by herself, along with paying for the treatment out of her own pocket. The Sun Times claims that this is unfair and unjust since a majority of these military bases do not allow abortions to occur, so a U.S. servicewoman must pay for a costly flight to come back to the United States to have these procedure done. If the military base does allow an abortion, the servicewomen must prove that she has been raped, which is quite difficult and take an emotional toll on the woman herself.