evidence: The US Defense Department released a series of new policies on Thursday to provide additional support to service members and dependents who must travel out of state to receive an abortion, including allowing up to three weeks of administrative leave. [...] The latest policies follow the release of an overarching framework on measures to protect service members’ rights and access to abortion last fall, though officials said they were still working through the details. The measures made an effort to provide travel and transportation allowances for service members or military family members who are traveling out of state to receive an abortion, and protect military medical providers from civil or criminal lawsuits if they perform a protected abortion. [...] Cisneros said in a memo last year that the Dobbs ruling would have "significant implications" for service members and their families, "as well as the readiness of the force." Cisneros also emphasized in his memo that the Supreme Court’s ruling "does not prohibit the Department from continuing to perform covered abortions, consistent with federal law."