The fight over the Defense Department's new abortion policy is heating up. The Pentagon is allowing troops to use US taxpayer dollars for abortion related travel expenses. Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville is holding up military nominations until the DOD changes its policy. He says he isn't budging. Senator Tuberville says, "All of a sudden because of Roe v Wade, they're kind of getting around the law by saying if we can't do it there, we'll just do it in the military. My whole deal is, what about the abortion? It's the taxpayers that are having to fund it, and that's wrong." The DOD has long-permitted abortions for rape, incest and mother's health. In a tweet, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Senator Tuberville of violating women's rights to make their own decisions: "GOP Senator Tuberville is blocking 180+ military promotions and putting U.S. security in jeopardy because he objects to women in the military accessing reproductive care. He's telling women in the military they're not allowed to make their own health care decisions. This is wrong." At a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin defended the new policy warning that blocking military promotions threatens national security.

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