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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAZ-SEN: McSally Said Women Get Pregnant to Dodge Deployment
Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) once published an academic paper in which she said military servicewomen should be counseled against the foolishness of entering into a lifetime commitment (motherhood) to avoid deployment, and called for the Pentagon to repeal the policy that allows women to use pregnancy as an excuse to skirt their commitment, Salon reports.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/08/mcsally-said-women-get-pregnant-to-skirt-deployment/
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AZ-SEN: McSally Said Women Get Pregnant to Dodge Deployment (Original Post)
RandySF
Jul 2020
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I guess if servicewomen get preggers while enlisted there should be forced abortions then (nt)
mr_lebowski
Jul 2020
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. I guess if servicewomen get preggers while enlisted there should be forced abortions then (nt)
Freethinker65
(10,034 posts)2. Tell that to 5 deferment Cheney
Wounded Bear
(58,693 posts)4. And Cadet Bone Spurs...
Stuart G
(38,439 posts)3. Well, well, and well.....not the brightest thing to write about...
...Good by, ex Senator McSally...Don't slam the door on the way out...
Another one for our side....
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)5. direct insult to the women who serve our country