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Expanding birth control access for veterans and military families
Congress has the opportunity to advance no-cost sharing for birth control for the members and families of our military.
By Allison Jaslow and Sophia Heimowitz
National Guard soldier helps deliver baby on the side of the road, finds an adoptive family
While on the phone with emergency medical services, Sgt. Leann Roggensack used her iPhone charger to tie off the baby's umbilical cord.
By Hannah Graf
The list of military sites with suspected ‘forever chemicals’ contamination has grown
But the Pentagon did not say where the sites are or the extent of the contamination, if any.
By Patricia Kime
Yearlong birth control supply for female vets could cut costs and unplanned pregnancies
The Department of Veterans Affairs could save about $2 million a year in prenatal, birth and newborn care costs by offering female veterans a year’s supply of birth control pills, researchers say.
By Ariana Puzzo
New Pentagon transgender policy sets limits for treatment, new recruits after April 12
The Defense Department has approved a new policy that will largely bar transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex, and require most individuals to serve in their birth gender.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Do military women have higher rates of infertility than civilians?
Group calls for more data and more research on infertility in military women and men.
By Karen Jowers