{"id":28704,"date":"2024-03-26T20:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T20:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/26\/dod-reproductive-care-travel-policy-used-just-12-times-in-7-months\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:00:35","slug":"dod-reproductive-care-travel-policy-used-just-12-times-in-7-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2024\/03\/26\/dod-reproductive-care-travel-policy-used-just-12-times-in-7-months\/","title":{"rendered":"DOD reproductive care travel policy used just 12 times in 7 months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A controversial military policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel if they or a family member have to go out of state for reproductive health care \u2014 including abortions \u2014 was used just 12 times from June to December last year, the Pentagon said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin instituted the policy after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 to ensure that troops who were assigned to states where abortions or other types of health care such as IVF treatment were no longer provided could still access those services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The policy sparked outrage in some circles and led Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/senate-military-nominations-holds-tommy-tuberville-e38d853526de044ac59338d32d7a0e10\">to hold up hundreds of military promotions<\/a> for months in a failed attempt to get the Pentagon to rescind it. Tuberville ultimately withdrew all of his holds in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The travel policy was used by service members or their dependents 12 times during that seven-month period at a cost of roughly $40,000, Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said Tuesday. 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