Tue Mar 7, 2023 – 7:31 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Navy issued a policy on Thursday for its service members providing for travel costs as well as administrative leave for elective abortions.
The memo aims to circumvent tightened abortion restrictions enacted in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s reversal, with 13 states having since virtually banned all abortions and a few more restricting abortions when a heartbeat can be detected or at 15 weeks.
Federal law allows women to seek abortions at military facilities only in the case of rape, incest, or life-threatening pregnancies, leaving service members bound by the laws of their state of deployment for elective abortions.
The new Navy policy provides for paid leave and travel expenses not only for abortions but for assisted reproductive technologies (ART) procedures, including those involved in in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
The naval guidance provides for an administrative absence of up to 21 days for an abortion or ART and its accompanying travel time but is “limited to the minimum number of days” needed for the trip. The offer for 21 days of leave is meant to allow for the completion of a full IVF cycle, according
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