Again, I had to move my reply to this because it doesn't belong in the costs of vet school thread:
I wasn't talking about women in the military in general, or on deployment. I was talking specifically about direct ground combat, where you can't just send them home, and there aren't a bunch of other troops on stand-by that can easily pick-up where they left off. My response was to
@pinkpuppy9 saying "
Women in combat zones are sometimes required to take meds to halt their menstrual cycles. Now, I can completely understand the inconvenience of having a cycle....every girl can. But to say that a woman can only be in combat/certain positions if she eliminates one of the biological processes that define the gender because it is an inconvenience when compared to a male soldier.." Because I think she is incorrect in saying that the sole reason that women in combat are required to take birth control is because having a period is inconvenient.
I agree that there is room for improvement, but none of the things you mentioned that they can improve would take care of the problem of someone in direct combat becoming pregnant.