The Pentagon’s Defense Travel Management Office issued the memo on Wednesday, ending reimbursements immediately.
The move, which is already drawing criticism from women in Congress, reverses a 2023 policy enacted under then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin after the repeal of Roe v Wade. The policy provided paid leave and travel reimbursement for troops and their families who had to cross state lines because they were stationed in a state where abortion and other reproductive care, such as in vitro fertilization, was not offered by the military, was outlawed or was unavailable….”