The House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Friday by a 219 to 210 vote Mace voted for the bill, as well as an amendment on Thursday banning government-paid travel for U.S. service members who want abortions, but are stationed in states where it is illegal.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is expected to undergo changes.
“You have repeatedly spoken out on your party’s stance on abortion,” Collins noted to Mace on Friday’s edition of The Source. “And you said yesterday – and I’m quoting you now – that your party needs to ‘stop being assholes to women.’ So, why did you vote for this today?”
“I want to be consistent on military policy and whether travel – because this is very specific to travel – the military does not pay for abortion services at all,” Mace replied. “But this was strictly related to travel. And the military does not in any other case reimburse for travel expenses for elective procedures. Now, I didn’t like, I did not like the idea of this amendment. These are not issues that I believe we should be voting on right now without some consideration of what we can do to protect women and show that we’re pro-women, which has been my frustration for the better part of the last seven months.
Approved – Obey
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