For US servicewomen, will end of Roe mean end of military career?
With 14 days and counting to go until her deployment to Afghanistan, Holly Alvarado realized she was pregnant – and she didn’t want to be.
The 9/11 attacks and gratitude for a country that had welcomed her immigrant grandparents inspired Ms. Alvarado to join the Air Force. What she wanted was to go to war with her fellow troops.
She also knew herself. “It was not a cold or bleak decision on my behalf – rather, a compassionate one for myself and life and potential I wanted in my own future.”
But when she called the only abortion clinic in North Dakota, where she was stationed, they didn’t have any appointments before her flight to Afghanistan.
The next closest possibility was Minnesota, which, like many states, requires women to receive lectures about potential consequences
