House passes amendments to block Pentagon from funding abortion travel, gender transition surgeries

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

40% :Austin pointed to the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which determined that the U.S. Constitution does not contain a right to abortion, as the justification for the policy change.
40% : Noting that many states implemented bans and restrictions on abortion following the Dobbs decision, the memo expressed concern that many service members and their families "may be forced to travel greater distances, take more time off from work, and pay more out of pocket expenses to receive reproductive healthcare."
37% : The tight margin in the U.S. Senate, which consists of 51 Democrats and 49 Republicans, makes it a distinct possibility that such amendments would fail in light of how polarizing nature of abortion and LGBT issues.
20% : ""With this amendment in place, the NDAA will be safe from the Biden administration's radical and illegal abortion policies at the Department of Defense, and our military and their unborn family members will be guarded from the harms of abortion," Mancini stated.

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