January 14: Secretary of Defense – Pete Hegseth
In This Role He Could:
- Restrict health care and medications for service members, including contraception and Plan B.
- Revoke a Biden-era policy that allows service members to take administrative leave to travel for abortion care or IVF treatments they cannot receive on base, and receive reimbursement for their travel costs.
| Red Flags: – Called Roe v. Wade a “generational genocide of America’s unborn” and called the Dobbs ruling “a great opinion.” – Said women should not be in combat roles and that trans soldiers are “not deployable” because they are “reliant on chemicals.” – Was accused of sexual assault and paid a settlement barring the woman from speaking out. The military currently faces a sexual assault epidemic. |