Instead, women in the military are often relying on an ad-hoc peer support system that many compared to an “underground railroad” of military women helping one another, according to interviews with more than 40 current and former service members, advocates and researchers..
“Women are coming up with their own solutions,” said Caitlin Clason, a former Army captain and fellow at the University of Pennsylvania who researches how women in the military access abortion. “As a healthcare provider, we can do better for these service women who have volunteered to serve our country, and we should do better.”
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