January 2, 2014 - There's been a lot of coverage recently regarding how poorly the military has dealt with sexual assault and rape allegations, but their problems with equal treatment of women manifest themselves in other ways as well, which this storyline's meant to draw into question. It's been less than a year since exclusionary policies have been lifted banning women from certain roles in the field (though appeals may push the full implementation of this to 2016), and many institutions affiliated with the military are under scrutiny for creating policies that exclude women such as West Point's quota system. Meanwhile although the military does provide just about every birth control option available on the US market, as far as I know, servicewomen are prohibited from obtaining abortions on military bases (an exception was added for cases of rape or incest in 2011) and must pay for such medical care out of pocket and without their military medical insurance plans, which puts many women in a very difficult circumstance should they become pregnant in terms of effectively performing their job.

-D