Federal funds are only allowed in cases of rape, incest or life endangerment
Military bases:
https://www.guttmacher.org/gpr/2010/08/base-us-militarys-ban-privately-funded-abortions
In 1978, however, antiabortion members of Congress reopened the abortion funding debate and successfully amended the FY 1979 DOD appropriations bill to prohibit the use of federal funds to provide abortion services. Congress renewed these restrictions every year until 1984 (albeit with some modifications), when the ban was made permanent in the FY 1985 DOD authorization bill. The law prohibits the use of DOD funds to perform abortions, except in cases of life endangerment.
Clinton's order settled the issue until 1995, when Congress—under the newly installed leadership of antiabortion
Republicans—imposed a statutory ban on the performance of abortions in military hospitals, even when paid for with private funds. Under the ban, a woman could pay for an abortion at military facilities using her own funds only in cases of rape, incest or life endangerment. (In practice, abortions in the case of life endangerment should be funded by the DOD.)
Tribal lands:
Why tribal lands are unlikely to become abortion sanctuaries
One of the biggest obstacles to opening up abortion clinics on tribal lands -- assuming tribes even have an interest in doing so -- is funding, said van Schilfgaarde.
A majority of American Indians and Alaska Natives get their health care from the Indian Health Service, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. But for decades, abortions have largely been excluded from that health care because of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of federal dollars on abortions except in the cases of rape, incest and threats to the mother's life.
A 2002 survey by the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center -- one of few existing sources of abortion data as it relates to Indigenous women in the US -- found that
85% of Indian Health Service facilities did not provide access to abortion services or refer patients to abortion providers, even in situations allowed under the Hyde Amendment.
"We've already had to figure out alternative ways to privately pay for abortions and had to drive hundreds of miles," said Elizabeth Reese, assistant professor at Stanford Law School and an expert in tribal, constitutional and federal Indian law. "I don't think this will force a lot of tribes to feel like this is an urgent change for them."
Given the restrictions under the Hyde Amendment, any tribe providing abortion services on their lands would largely need to rely on private funds -- something that few tribes could likely afford, van Schilfgaarde said.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/26/us/tribal-lands-abortion-safe-havens-roe-cec/index.html IOW: Only abortions for incest, rape and life threatening situations are allowed on tribal lands. But 85% of those facilities don't even perform abortions.
Put another way, Native women have long been living in a post-Roe reality.
Cecelia Fire Thunder was impeached by her own tribe while president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe after vowing to build an abortion clinic on the reservation.
Some tribal members marched in protest in May 2006 against the planned clinic; others objected to the way Fire Thunder had proceeded.[10] At their council meeting on May 31, 2006, the Oglala Sioux tribal Council suspended Fire Thunder from her duties as president, saying she had not gained their consensus before inviting Planned Parenthood to the reservation. In addition, the Council issued a ban on all abortions on tribal land.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Fire_ThunderAdditionally, the SC is whittling away at sovereignty. Look at what happened a week or two ago.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-rules-that-native-americans-prosecuted-in-tribal-courts-can-also-be-prosecuted-in-federal-court
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I suppose tribal lands could set up private pay clinics, but there could be legal issues with the providers themselves, unless the provider is a member of the tribe, but still I don't know how this works....Doctors and nurses are licensed by the state in which they provide. Tribes don't have their own licensing and medical examining boards. This would cost them too much money. Hence any private pay abortions on tribal lands would probably be performed by unlicensed providers. There is also this issue of a non-tribal person performing a crime on tribal lands. I don't think non-tribal members have immunity on tribal land.
Expanding services on military bases would only allow for abortions in the case of rape, incest, or life endangerment.
I could see civilian women going to military bases for emergency miscarriage or ectopic treatment if they can't obtain treatment at civilian facilities. We have an arrangement here in San Antonio. For years infants needing ECMO were transferred to military hospitals because they were the only hospitals which had ECMO. Additionally, many burn injuries are sent to the burn unit at Brook Army Medical Center. Women could probably be transferred to a military facility if they needed an abortion due to life endangerment. Unfortunately, rape or incest probably would not apply, unless the person was transferred from a civilian medical facility to a DOD facility.
I don't think there has ever been an abortion performed at a National Park...
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