Tuberville has called for the Pentagon itself to rescind its abortion policy rather than Congress.
The senators opposing the package were Mike Bruan (Indiana), Mike Lee (Utah), Rand Paul (Kentucky), J.D. Vance (Ohio), Bernie Sanders (Vermont), Cory Booker (New Jersey), Ed Markey (Massachusetts), Jeff Merkley (Oregon), Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts), Peter Welch (Vermont), and Ron Wyden (Oregon), according to The Hill.
In a Friday statement, Vance, a Catholic, said he opposed the Senate NDAA because it “commits the United States to years of additional military aid for the war in Ukraine.”
Now that both the House and Senate have passed their versions of the NDAA, the two must be reconciled and then sent to the president to be signed.
The House version of the NDAA passed in a 219-210 vote on July 14 and included several amendments that were seen as significant victories for conservatives.
Among these was an amendment by Texas Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson that would force the military to end its program paying for service members’ abortion travel.