After getting flack for threatening to court martial military women who get pregnant in northern Iraq (and the men who do the impregnating), Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo is backpedaling.
That the quote comes from a feminist organization says a lot. As I wrote this morning, the anti-abortion types have been silent on this, despite the fact that it so obviously encourages abortion.
If you're against abortion and this rule bothered you, consider that NOW did more to mitigate this than any "pro-life" group out there.
ABC News:An Army general in Iraq backed away from his threat today to court martial female soldiers who get pregnant.
"I see absolutely no circumstance where I would punish a female soldier by court martial for a violation ... none," Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo III wrote to ABC News in an exclusive statement. " I fully intend to handle these cases through lesser disciplinary action."
Cucolo triggered debate, some of it angry, when his Nov. 4 policy forbidding pregnancy among his soldiers became public recently. His policy statement said violation of the rule could be punishable by court martial, and that it would also apply to the men who get female soldiers pregnant, even if the couple is married.
While legal and military experts said the order was proper, a spokeswoman for the National Organization for Women called it "ridiculous."
That the quote comes from a feminist organization says a lot. As I wrote this morning, the anti-abortion types have been silent on this, despite the fact that it so obviously encourages abortion.
If you're against abortion and this rule bothered you, consider that NOW did more to mitigate this than any "pro-life" group out there.
