On Friday’s “CNN This Morning,” House Minority Rep. Catherine responded to an argument that the Pentagon’s abortion policy, which Republicans are seeking to change in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), is equivalent to being funded by taxpayers’ money. Clark (Democrat, Massachusetts) answered. The GOP’s policy change effort to stop tax dollars being spent on abortion is “another step forward in moving toward a nationwide abortion ban,” she said, banning abortion. and “to take away their liberty. This is an attack on liberty.”
After hearing Rep. Ronnie Jackson (R-Texas) argue that the Pentagon’s abortion travel policy is tax-funded abortion, Clark said: And we tell our women soldiers and armed forces in this country to fight for freedom, but they don’t get it. There is no freedom to make medical decisions. You, along with your family and doctors, are not free to make such decisions according to your faith. So the message here is outrageous for female military personnel. They say they will not be allowed to travel to get needed medical care while defending liberty and serving our country. And that’s why we’ve seen this issue so unpopular with the American public in the polls following the election, because the American public believes that the issue is fundamentally liberal. Because I understand that there is This is an attack on freedom. “
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