The Pentagon allowed service members to get reimbursed for leaving the state to access abortion care post-Roe v. Wade.

https://archive.li/uexvJ

Tuberville, who’s singlehandedly blocked hundreds of military promotions in protest over the Pentagon’s abortion policies, said he’s not going to change his mind and doesn’t care that people aren’t being promoted.

After the US Supreme Court reversed decades of precedent in overturning its decision in the Roe v. Wade abortion access case in 2022, the Pentagon announced its plan to reimburse service members who need to travel out-of-state to receive abortion services.

Tuberville, a Republican senator out of Alabama, took exception to the decision and said he’d use his power to stymie any military nominations and promotions he could. Since February, he’s blocked more than 300 promotions.

    • GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.eeEnglish
      191·
      11 months ago

      God, my memory of them from when I was a kid is such that this would be a scandal in 2004. Do you think they were always like this? I don’t.

      • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldEnglish
        44·
        11 months ago

        Conservatives are known to be pro war, but no promilitary and have never been strong supporters of military veterans since Vietnam. In fact most Veterans end up in Govt service because Republican businessmen refuse to hire veterans.

        Liberals view the military as a public service, to be used when all else fails. They would view military use for the protection of U.S. interests as necessary but are unlikely to commit a large force to accomplish the mission.

      • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20·
        11 months ago

        They have always been this way, they pander to the military because too many of us in the military and veterans eat that shit up with a smile, but when it comes time for raises, better housing, lawsuits, the massive rape and harassment problem, the gang problems, pollution, and so many other problems they turn a blind eye to, instead they want to kick out people for being gay.

        • ScrollinMyDayAway@lemm.eeEnglish
          24·
          11 months ago

          Remember when Biden was speaking before Congress and mentioned cleaning up the toxic ‘burn pits’ that have harmed veterans, and MTG and Boebert stood up and started booing him?

          • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            11 months ago

            I mean those shit monkeys were booing and being trash in general, it was just poor timing for their dumbasses that they started booing about something that actually helps veterans.