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Approximately 40 House Republicans have urged Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to rescind his policy of using government funds to cover travel expenses for abortions.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) spearheaded the letter, which was addressed to Austin and included Wednesday’s date, roughly a week after the “Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care” memo went out to department officials.

This memo was Austin’s response to the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade and how the department would ensure female service members and family members still had access to abortion.

“Among several policy changes, this memo directs the unprecedented use of American taxpayer dollars to facilitate abortions for service members and their families, against the wishes of the American people from all walks of life,” the letter reads.

The lawmakers call it “an unprecedented politicization of our Armed Forces,” and describe that to be “a hallmark of the Biden administration from the start.”

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