US raped service women forcibly required to stay pregnant

For those of you familiar with sexual assault and the military, this isn't news. This is just fact. Yeah, the military is trying to be better on rape and sexual violence perpetrated against service men and women, but it is a slow process.

That being said, if you are raped and end up pregnant, too bad, because military facilities and the military healthcare system denies coverage of abortion, even in the case of rape or incest. If the woman's life is endangered, she pays herself, or seeks medical attention outside the military she can have an abortion.

At the end of May, the Senate Armed Services Committee passed an amendment that would end this policy. It would allow military women and dependents to receive insurance coverage of abortions in the cases of rape or incest.

Personally, I don't think this is enough. Just in the case of rape and incest? Please, women have the right to control their bodies, and abortion should be covered by insurance plans.

Read more: http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/06/11/the-u-s-militarys-abortion-policy-neither-fair-nor-equitable/#ixzz1xgyIfWW3