"Air Force spokeswoman Laurel Tingley said the case of Rebecca Edmonds, an aspiring nurse who was kicked out of the Air Force in 2011 when she became pregnant before being commissioned as an officer, prompted the service to re-examine its rules." (OTB)
"Edmonds discovered she was pregnant in March 2011, a few weeks before her graduation, her attorney, Daniel Conway, said. She was commissioned that July and reported to her nursing transition orientation program, where she reported her pregnancy. Soon afterward, Air Force ROTC began investigating her, concluded she was fraudulently commissioned, and summarily discharged her as an airman basic. The Air Force also billed her about $90,000 for her scholarship." (OTB)
But some still do not feel like single mothers should be serving in the Air Force.
"Over 40 years ago,
Captain Susan Struck became pregnant while serving with the Air Force in Vietnam. Her superiors told her that if she wanted to stay in the service, she’d need to get an abortion, despite the fact that she had planned to use her accumulated leave for the birth and had made arrangements to give the child up for adoption with the goal of staying in the Air Force. She refused, providing her right to privacy." (xojane)
This policy actually makes a lot of sense to me. I like the fact that the Air Force is not discriminating against anybody and even allowing these women to have a second chance to do the career they really want. It's important that they follow through with this policy and continue on with it. It just gives hope to more women and can put an end to their doubt.
Work Cited:
Joyner James. http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/air-force-now-accepting-single-parents-pregnant-women/
Pratt Jane. http://www.xojane.com/issues/the-air-force-doesnt-want-single-mothers
This policy actually makes a lot of sense to me. I like the fact that the Air Force is not discriminating against anybody and even allowing these women to have a second chance to do the career they really want. It's important that they follow through with this policy and continue on with it. It just gives hope to more women and can put an end to their doubt.
Work Cited:
Joyner James. http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/air-force-now-accepting-single-parents-pregnant-women/
Pratt Jane. http://www.xojane.com/issues/the-air-force-doesnt-want-single-mothers
When using sources academically, the best in-text citation is the last name of the source versus the initials of the title. So (OTB) would be come (Joyner). See the difference? And for those Works Cited entries, add title of the page, access dates, medium, etc. per MLA style.
ReplyDeleteI like this post, and I find it very interesting as it happened to my mom, who got married while overseas during the Vietnam conflict and she had to get an honorable discharge once she got pregnant with my sister.