Research
Fast Facts
- Approximately 2,500 to 4,200 servicewomen have an abortion each year
- Over 80,000 servicewomen are stationed in states with full or partial abortion bans
- 95% of servicewomen are of reproductive age
- Post-Dobbs, travel time for all servicewomen wanting to access abortion care increased. The largest increases were for North Dakota, Louisiana and Texas (over 6-8 hours of travel required to access care).
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Further Reading
Boonstra, Heather D. 2010. “Off Base: The U.S. Military’s Ban on Privately Funded Abortions.” Guttmacher Policy Review 13(3). https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/article_files/gpr130302.pdf.
Borsay-Trindle, L. A., C. M. Pass, and S. M. Gilzean. 1991. “Unplanned Pregnancy among Active-Duty Army Females as a Readiness Issue.” Military Medicine 156(2): 82–86.
Fix, Laura, Jane W. Seymour, Daniel Grossman, Dana M. Johnson, Abigail R.A. Aiken, Rebecca Gomperts, and Kate Grindlay. 2020. “Abortion Need among U.S. Servicewomen: Evidence from an Internet Service.” Women’s Health Issues 30(3): 161–66. doi:10.1016/j.whi.2019.10.006.
Grindlay, Kate, Jane W. Seymour, Laura Fix, Sarah Reiger, Brianna Keefe‐Oates, and Daniel Grossman. 2017. “Abortion Knowledge and Experiences Among U.S. Servicewomen: A Qualitative Study.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 49(4): 245–52. doi:10.1363/psrh.12044.
Grindlay, Kate, Susan Yanow, Kinga Jelinska, Rebecca Gomperts, and Daniel Grossman. 2011. “Abortion Restrictions in the U.S. Military: Voices from Women Deployed Overseas.” Women’s Health Issues 21(4): 259–64. doi:10.1016/j.whi.2011.04.014.
Hunter, Kyleanne M., Sarah O. Meadows, Rebecca L. Collins, and Isabelle González. 2023. “How the Dobbs Decision Could Affect U.S. National Security.” Rand Health Quarterly 10(2): 9.
Jacobson, Janet C., and Jeffrey T. Jensen. 2011. “A Policy of Discrimination: Reproductive Health Care in the Military.” Women’s Health Issues 21(4): 255–58. doi:10.1016/j.whi.2011.03.008.
Klein, David A., and William P. Adelman. 2008. “Adolescent Pregnancy in the U.S. Military: What We Know and What We Need to Know.” Military Medicine 173(7): 658–65. doi:10.7205/MILMED.173.7.658.
Manski, Ruth, Kate Grindlay, Bridgit Burns, Kelsey Holt, and Daniel Grossman. 2014. “Reproductive Health Access Among Deployed U.S. Servicewomen: A Qualitative Study.” Military Medicine 179(6): 645–52. doi:10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00302.
Moayedi, Ghazaleh, and Chevelle Davis. 2018. “Insights in Public Health: Equitable Access to Abortion Care in Hawai’i: Identifying Gaps and Solutions.” Hawai’i Journal of Medicine & Public Health: A Journal of Asia Pacific Medicine & Public Health 77(7): 169–72.
Ponder, Kathryn L., and Melissa Nothnagle. 2010. “Damage Control: Unintended Pregnancy in the United States Military.” The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics: A Journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics 38(2): 386–95. doi:10.1111/j.1748-720X.2010.00497.x.
Rader, Benjamin, Yulin Hswen, Neil K. R. Sehgal, and John S. Brownstein. 2024. “Travel Time and Costs for Abortion for Military Service Members After the Dobbs Decision.” JAMA 331(1): 75. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.22418.
Russell, Caitlin, Laura Manzo, Tiara Walz, Andrew Lu, and Holly Harner. 2024. “Abortion Access for U.S. Active-Duty Servicewomen: A Scoping Review.” Contraception: 110703. doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2024.110703.
Seymour, Jane W, Laura Fix, Daniel Grossman, and Kate Grindlay. 2019. “Facilitators and Barriers to Contraceptive Use Among U.S. Servicewomen Who Had an Abortion.” Military Medicine 184(5–6): e417–23. doi:10.1093/milmed/usy340.
Seymour, Jane W, Laura Fix, Daniel Grossman, and Kate Grindlay. 2020. “Pregnancy and Abortion: Experiences and Attitudes of Deployed U.S. Servicewomen.” Military Medicine 185(9–10): e1390–e1390. doi:10.1093/milmed/usaa128.