Jackii Wang News Today

Joining the military means relinquishing control over so many aspects of your life. For women, it also means being ready to sacrifice yourself for a country that isn’t willing to provide access to necessary health care—or grant full bodily autonomy.

A senator has stalled high-level military confirmations over a program many service members don’t even use.

Federal battles over the inclusion of military abortion bans in a defense spending bill raised concerns about the service members’ access to health care, and the impact it could have for members in …

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has been holding up military promotions for months over a new Pentagon policy that gives servicemembers PTO to travel for abortions.

House Republicans voted to prohibit offering abortion care to pregnant veterans and to ban the pride flag at Veterans Administration facilities. 

GOP members voted against a V.A. policy that offers abortions in cases of life-threatening pregnancies

More than 90 veterans and advocacy groups and 55 Democratic lawmakers signed two letters showing support for efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide abortion services for veterans and urge the agency to do more.

Democrats in Congress are pushing to increase access to abortion for members of the military, concerned a U.S. Supreme Court decision to end the constitutional right will harm troops. 

“Let’s be honest, we still have a sexual assault problem in this country, and we have one in the military," one House Rep says.

Democrats in Congress want to increase access to abortion for service members, concerned the U.S. Supreme Court could end abortion rights.