Kirby said it was a 'lie' that it was illegal for the Pentagon to fund abortion travel, and called abortion 'necessary health care' for women.
John Kirby, the Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the White House National Security Council, lost his temper Tuesday when asked why the Pentagon refuses to drop a policy of paying for troops to travel for abortions.
Owen Jensen, the White House corespondent for the Eternal Word Television Network , a Catholic outlet, asked Kirby during a press briefing about Sen. Tommy Tuberville committing to keeppromotions at the Pentagon until the Department of Defense drops its controversial new policy to fund travel for female service members who are stationed in states where abortion is restricted so that they can have abortions in other states.
Kirby said it was a “lie” that the Pentagon’s policy violated existing law barring federal funding for abortions, saying “they have done a legal scrub of this at DOD.” When asked why, if national security was at stake, the Pentagon simply did not drop the policy, Kirby lost his cool. “The suggestion is we should just turn our backs on one in five members of the United States military, let alone their family members, just so we can get these officers confirmed.” Kirby snapped.That would just be an egregious violation of the covenant that we make, that the military makes, with the people that sign up and volunteer. Remember this: they’re volunteers. There’s not conscription, there’s no draft. People volunteer for this.
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