Sen. Tom Cotton (R-NE) on Sunday shrugged off questions about his opposition to the Pentagon paying for service members to travel to receive an abortion, smearing the policy as unlawful “abortion tourism” and insisting that women should just use some their allotted time off. That policy has drawn the ire of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who in response has been holding up hundreds of normally routine and speedy military promotions in the Senate. “So what should women who are in uniform in a place where they cannot access an abortion because they are there on orders, what should they do?” anchor Shannon Bream asked. TOM COTTON: The military should not be paying for abortion tourismSHANNON BREAM: So what should women who are in uniform in a place where they cannot access an abortion because they are there on orders, what should they do? COTTON: They have 30 days of annual leave pic.twitter.com/18UHQnmWx6 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 16, 2023“Well, if they want to take that step,” Cotton began, “they have 30 days of annual leave.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2023 15:52 UTC