Commentary
The Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade does not directly impact the abortion policies of the U.S. military. The Department of Defense provision of abortion services has always been limited under federal law.
The Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funding for abortions except when the pregnancy threatens a woman’s life or in certain cases of rape and incest. These exceptions would be the only time a military treatment facility would be permitted to perform an abortion.
The rate of unintended pregnancy among servicewomen is 50 percent higher than in the general population. If military women wish to obtain an abortion for reasons other than a severe threat to their health, they would have to go off base and pay for the abortion themselves….