plus 3, Jailtime for pregnancy while on active duty - DAILY KOS

Jailtime for pregnancy while on active duty - DAILY KOS
Pregnancy could mean court-martial for soldiers in Iraq - Los Angeles Times Blogs
Soldiers Could Face Court-Martial for Pregnancy - MyFox Atlanta
Man charged in Hubbard County girl's pregnancy - Park Rapids Enterprise

Jailtime for pregnancy while on active duty - DAILY KOS

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:13 PM PST

The rule governs all those serving under Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo III, who commands Multi-National Division-North, including Balad, Kirkuk, Tikrit, Mosul and Samarra. According to the order, it is "applicable to all United States military personnel, and to all civilians, serving with, employed by, or accompanying" the military in northern Iraq, with few exceptions.

The policy also applies to married couples who are at war together, Army spokesman Maj. Lee Peters told Stars and Stripes in an e-mail message. Both the husband and wife could face punishment under the policy.

A woman cannot become pregnant by her own husband because the general needs her skills. Instead, she is subject to a court-martial and prison...because the general needs her skills? Huh?? Still, if this woman finds herself with an unwanted/unplanned pregnancy, she is not able to have an abortion because military hospitals are banned from providing abortion services.

If this woman is unfortunate enough to be raped, she can have an abortion, BUT ONLY if she pays for it herself. And if she refuses or cannot afford an abortion, then it is fully possible that she goes to jail. The rapist, eh, not so much...especially if she is unable to identify her attacker or the attacker has corporate protections.

Talk about circular logic!

From the same article:

Eugene Fidell, who teaches military law at Yale Law School and is president of the National Institute of Military Justice, said he understands the motivations of the order.

"You have to assume it's in response to a number of incidents that have caused female GIs to be sidelined at a time when they can't be spared," he said.

I'm guessing that by "number of incidents that have caused female GIs to be sidelined," he means this: The Pentagon reported that it had received 2,923 reports of sexual assault across the military in the 12 months ending Sept. 30 2008. I am not sure if the "Halliburton-female-employees-need-to-shutup-about-rape" issues are part of the reported number or not.

And here is the comic relief:

But he [Eugene Fidell] said the prohibition is fraught with "a mare's nest of legal, ethical and policy issues" that highlight the discord between personal autonomy and military needs.

"Here you really have issues that go to the core of personal autonomy: reproductive rights," he said.

Reproductive rights! Now that's funny.

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Pregnancy could mean court-martial for soldiers in Iraq - Los Angeles Times Blogs

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 03:29 PM PST

A U.S. Army general in northern Iraq has added pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier under his command could be court-martialed.

The new policy, outlined last month by Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo and released Friday by the Army, would apply to both soldiers who become pregnant on the battlefield and the soldiers who impregnate them.

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Soldiers Could Face Court-Martial for Pregnancy - MyFox Atlanta

Posted: 21 Dec 2009 11:37 AM PST

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - Soldiers in Iraq may now face court-martial if they get pregnant or get a another soldier pregnant.

Stars and Stripes reported that Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo III, the Army general commanding U.S. forces in northern Iraq, added pregnancy to the list of prohibitions for personnel under his command.

The Web site stated that the policy went into effect Nov. 4 and makes it possible to face punishment, including a court-martial and jail time, for becoming pregnant or impregnating a service member, according to the wording of the policy and confirmations from Army officials. The policy also applies to married couples who are at war together.

Usual Army policy is to send pregnant soldiers out of combat areas within two weeks. This is the first time the Army has made pregnancy a punishable offense.

Army spokesman Maj. Lee Peters explained to Stars and Stripes, "When a soldier becomes pregnant or causes a soldier to become pregnant through consensual activity, the redeployment of the pregnant soldier creates a void in the unit and has a negative impact on the unit's ability to accomplish its mission. Another soldier must assume the pregnant soldier's responsibilities."

The Daily Mail reported that Cucolo defended his order, saying "I've got a mission to do; I'm given a finite number of soldiers with which to do it and I need every one of them."

Under Cucolo's order, troops also are prohibited from "sexual contact of any kind" with Iraqi nationals, The Associated Press reported. Also they cannot spend the night with a member of the opposite sex, unless married or expressly permitted to do so.

According to The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) of 1978 an employer cannot fire or force an employee to leave because she is pregnant .

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Man charged in Hubbard County girl's pregnancy - Park Rapids Enterprise

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 06:45 PM PST

Roger Michael Fell, 19, of 28700 County Road 135, Osage has been charged in Becker County District Court with felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

According to court records:

In September, a child maltreatment report was taken in Hubbard County regarding a 14-year-old girl who was three months pregnant.

Fell allegedly admitted having sexual relations with the girl, saying they were dating, it was condoned by her parents, and he was the father of the unborn child.

Both allegedly admitted to having sexual intercourse at two residences in Becker County.

On Dec. 9, District Judge Peter Irvine issued a warrant for Fell's arrest.

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