Good morning. The military personals committee will come to order. I want to welcome everyone to this hearing to discuss the challenges servicemembers that are facing accessing Reproductive Health care. The Supreme Court decision in dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health organization overturned 50 years of precedent and took away the established constitutional right to an abortion. The court stated that their opinion merely returned the issue of abortion to the states, and that women can vote for whom they wish to represent their values. But servicemembers do not get to choose where they live. This leaves 230,000 servicewomen who could be ordered to a state that restricts bodily autonomy, jeopardizing our recruitment and retention efforts. There is a map of that want to show you. This map shows the states that restrict abortion in red, along with a number of military installations within those states. As you can see, many military bases are in states where abortion is or likely will be restric
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