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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Female service members being able to abort their babies is more important than confirming military promotions, a spokesman for President Joe Biden appeared to say during a recent press briefing. He also likened the supposed right to abortion for female members to a “covenant.”
John Kirby, who formerly served as a spokesman for the Pentagon, is now in a similar role for the National Security Council.
He appeared to mock a question from EWTN’s Owen Jensen about the Pentagon’s abortion travel memo, which created out of whole cloth a new policy that paid for military members to have abortions in other states if they were stationed in a state with restrictions. Alabama Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville has placed a hold on military promotions until the Pentagon rescinds the memo.
Kirby first denied the memo violated the law.
However, a 1984 law, as explained by Republicans, prohibits the Department of Defense from funding abortions for military members. “Funds available to the Department of Defense may not be used to perform abortions except where the life of the
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