New Policy Allows Soldiers To Be Court-Martialed For Pregnancies – Talking Points Memo

A new military policy makes it possible for army men and women serving in Iraq to face a court-martial for becoming pregnant or impregnating another solider.According to Teri Weaver of Stars and Stripes, the policy went into effect on November 4, and calls for military personnel serving in Iraq to face jail time or a court martial for “becoming pregnant, or impregnating a soldier, while assigned to the Task Force Marne (Area of Operations), resulting in the redeployment of the pregnant soldier.”


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