cases, some women died by suicide following their involuntary separation or discharge from the Armed Forces. (9) Such involuntary separation or discharge from the Armed Forces on the basis of pregnancy was challenged in Federal district court by Stephanie Crawford in 1975, whose legal argument stated that this practice violated her constitutional right to due process of law. (10) The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in Stephanie Crawford’s favor in 1976 and found that Executive Order 10240 and any regulations relating to the Armed Forces that made separation or discharge mandatory due to pregnancy were unconstitutional. (11) By 1976, all regulations that permitted involuntary separation or discharge of a member of the Armed Forces because of pregnancy or any form of parenthood were rescinded. (12) Today, women comprise 17 percent of the Armed Forces, and many are parents, including 12 percent of whom are single parents. (13) While military parents face many hardships, today’s Armed Forces provides various lengths of paid family leave for mothers and fathers, for both birth and adoption of children. 2. Sense of Congress (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that women who served in the Armed Forces before February 23, 1976, should not have been involuntarily separated or discharged due to pregnancy or parenthood. (b) Expression of remorse Congress hereby expresses deep remorse for the women who patriotically served in the Armed Forces, but were forced, by official United States policy, to endure unnecessary and discriminatory actions, including the violation of their constitutional right to due process of law, simply because they became pregnant or became a parent while a member of the Armed Forces. 3. GAO study of women involuntarily separated or discharged due to pregnancy or parenthood (a) Study required Not later than September 30, 2021, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study regarding women involuntarily separated or discharged from the Armed Forces due to