The Department of Defense is prohibited by federal statute from providing coverage for abortion care except when a pregnant woman’s life is endangered. The ban provides no exception for cases of rape and incest ¹. This ban is particularly galling because servicewomen are especially vulnerable to sexual assault ¹. Despite the Department of Defense’s efforts, sexual assault in the military persists. Reporting an assault is difficult enough and should a woman become pregnant as a result of rape, she should be able to obtain the same care available to civilian women who rely on the government for their health care needs ¹. Further, military women confront an additional barrier to abortion access when serving overseas. In addition to banning military health insurance from covering abortion care, federal law prohibits military treatment facilities from providing abortion services to women even when patients pre-pay the entire cost of the procedure with their own private funds. This second ban, which has a narrow exception for life endangerment, rape, and incest, imposes grave health risks and leaves servicewomen and their families far worse off than civilian women ¹.

The ACLU has introduced the Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health (MARCH) for Military Women Act, which would provide coverage (funding) for abortion in cases of rape and incest for servicewomen and dependents who rely on the military health system for their healthcare and lift the current ban on using private funds to pay for abortion on military hospitals ¹. The bill aims to provide our military women, who serve and sacrifice, with the same access to abortion care that civilian women receive ¹.

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LIFT THE ABORTION BANS: U.S. SERVICEWOMEN DESERVE EQUAL TREATMENT, FAIRNESS AND COMPASSION – ACLU

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• Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
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announced the abandonment of the Separate Amenities Act, thus opening the country’s beaches to all races.

Right-wing legislators in Congress are threatening a government shutdown unless they can cut programs like Social Security and Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, food stamps, housing assistance, veterans benefits, and more. Without a budget agreement or short-term extension, the government will shut down after November 17th.

Do you and/or a family member depend on these critical programs?

Are you willing to share your story publicly to fight back against these attacks, and to push for more help from our elected officials to deal with the high costs of living these days?

Food Assistance, Vet benefits, Medicare, Childcare, Housing

Gas, Groceries Prescription drugs, Healthcare and Independence

Source: socialsecurityworks.org

On November 12, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman orders the business district of Atlanta, Georgia, destroyed before he embarks on his famous March to the Sea. When Sherman captured Atlanta in early September 1864, he knew that he could not remain there for long. His tenuous …read more

The destruction of Atlanta begins

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Article Title

The destruction of Atlanta begins

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HISTORY

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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-destruction-of-atlanta-begins

Access Date

November 11, 2022

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Last Updated

November 10, 2020

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November 13, 2009