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Becky Sullivan

The Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortions

Several of the military's largest U.S. bases are located in states where abortion is now banned, including Fort Hood in Texas. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)

The Pentagon will pay for service members to travel for abortion care, a move that comes as many states have rolled back access to the procedure since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

In a memo dated Thursday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed the department to adopt a suite of reproductive health care policies in response to the Supreme Court's June decision to end the federal right to abortion.

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