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Air Commander resigns over Biden’s Abortion policy
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Air Commander resigns over Biden’s Abortion policy
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“The commander of the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Air Wing resigned late last month for what the state’s Governor said is a protest of the Pentagon policy that pays for reproductive medical expenses, which includes out-of-state travel for abortions,” reports TaskAndPurpose.
According to Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office, Colonel Dillon Patterson resigned on December 18 as commander of the 188th Air Wing at Ebbing Air National Guard Base just, just outside the town of Fort Smith on the Oklahoma border.
Sanders announced Patterson’s resignation in a letter sent to President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
“Col. Patterson was forced to personally choose between either continuing his command or adhering to his sincerely held religious beliefs against abortion,” Sanders wrote in a letter first reported by the conservative outlet the Daily Caller. “Because he adhered first to his faith instead of overtly political mandates, he voluntarily resigned his command. I admire Col. Patterson for having the confidence of his convictions, but regret that our nation’s military will suffer the loss of a dedicated airman, leader, and guardsman as a commander.”
The letter did not lay out the timing behind Patterson’s resignation. Patterson took command of the 188th Wing last June, about five months after the policy was put in place.
The policy — which the Pentagon calls “Ensuring Access to [Child-Killing] Health Care” — provides reimbursement to service members who must travel for reproductive care, including abortions, that is outlawed or otherwise unavailable from civilian providers near their home base (federal law prohibits nearly all abortions on military bases). The policy is viewed as aimed at service members stationed at bases in states where abortion is restricted or banned.
Arkansas was one of the first states to enforce a ban on abortion in nearly all stages of pregnancy when a so-called ‘trigger law’ went into effect in June 2022 after the overturning of Roe vs Wade.
In her letter, Sanders said the [Biden] policy undermines both state governments and the religious beliefs of commanders through whom requests for leave and reimbursement would ultimately pass.
“The U.S. Department of Defense … would subvert the actions of states like Arkansas by using taxpayer dollars to fund the travel, meals, and lodging associated with out-of-state servicemember travel for procurement of an abortion procedure,” Sanders wrote. “Maybe equally as egregious, the DoD now requires that commanding officers–regardless of any sincere and deeply held religious convictions to the contrary — are forced to approve such abortion leave.”
[Dr. Chaps’ comment: No commander should be forced to help kill children. I’m so proud of Colonel Patterson, who has a conscience, but also a backbone. He should run for public office. I would donate to his campaign. Let’s petition Congress to protect all our troops religious freedom.]
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