ABORTION INFORMATION

The U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion, upheld for nearly a half-century, no longer exists. However, The Department of the Navy will continue to provide abortions in cases when the mother's life is at risk or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest; instances are known as "covered abortions".

Federal law which prohibits performing or paying for abortion procedure does not affect the DON's existing leave policies, and service members will still be allowed to travel as necessary to receive abortion care --either as Government funded, official travel for a covered abortion, or at the Service member's own expense on regular leave for all other cases. See memo for more details.

Abortion-related Policy and Information

• Contraceptive Walk-in Clinics
• Plan B Patient Guide
• Memo to the Force: Ensuring Access to Essential Women's Health Care Services
• Tricare Abortion Policy
• Pregnancy Choices: Raising the Baby, Adoption, and Abortion (ACOG)
• An Overview of Abortion Laws in the U.S. (Guttmacher Institute)
• Abortion facts (Medline PLus)
• Questions and Answers on Mifeprex (FDA)
• National Network of Abortion Funds
• Abortion Services Finder (Bedsider.org) (under "select a health center", enter your zip code, city or state, then under "show health centers with..." check "abortion services available")

Clinician Resources

• Plan B Patient Guide
• Memo to the Force: Ensuring Access to Essential Women's Health Care Services
• American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Pregnancy and Parenthood Policies

• NAVADMIN 045-16, Navy Maternity and Convalescent Leave Policy (25 Feb 2016)