Defense Secretary off base on Roe ruling

 Mike Miller:

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Makes Ridiculous Pledge in Response to Roe Ruling

 

It comes as no surprise that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has issued a statement all but condemning Friday’s overturn of Roe — by pledging that the United States military “be all that it can be” [sarcasm] and will do all it can in support of “seamless access to reproductive health care [on-demand abortion].”

What is a bit of a surprise — Austin’s apparent ignorance of federal law — is laughable.

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Setting aside the “Nothing is more important to me” [than protecting abortion rights] nonsense from the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America, Austin’s “as permitted by federal law” reference is off-the-charts ridiculous. Why so? There is no “federal law,” Mr. Secretary. The Roe overturn correctly returned abortion decisions to the states. Besides, the Hyde Amendment already begs to differ:

The Hyde Amendment Codification Act —Prohibits the expenditure for any abortion of funds authorized or appropriated by federal law or funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by federal law .

Prohibits the use of federal funds for any health benefits coverage that includes abortion. (Currently, federal funds cannot be used for abortion services, and plans receiving federal funds must keep them segregated from any funds for abortion services.)

Excludes from such prohibitions an abortion if: (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; or (2) the woman suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, as certified by a physician.

And here’s the deal. While Biden is an avid supporter of on-demand abortion, which he continues to refer to as an “essential health care service,” and has called for the removal of the Hyde Amendment from congressional appropriations bills, any change to Hyde, or its demise, would require approval by Congress — highly unlikely now that Roe has been overturned.

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