I didn’t realize that in joining the military, women agreed to give up their right to medical treatments to which the Religious Right objected … but apparently they do:

Late Thursday, the Obama administration issued a new order for the U.S. military requiring all military hospitals and health centers to stock the morning after pill. The Department of Defense will soon begin having military medical facilities stock the Plan B drug, which can sometimes cause an abortion. … Obama’s decision is not going over well with Wendy Wright, the president of Concerned Women for America. “The military needs to focus on its prime mission, yet leftists view it as a means to promote their agenda,” she told LifeNews.com. “The morning-after pill is highly ineffective in preventing pregnancies and completely useless in preventing sexually-transmitted diseases. But it’s a political tool for abortion advocates.” Wright worries the decision is the first step to pushing abortions at military hospitals. “By making this drug required, the next step will making drugs like RU-486, the abortion pill, mandatory,” she said. “And doctors or pharmacists who have objections will be purged from the ranks.” “The military needs to focus on discipline and proper behavior – because lives depend on it – not promoting risky behavior,” Wright continued.

The Family Research Council is likewise demanding that women in the military be denied access to this option: