Dear Mr. Phillips,

I thought I would alert you to another trend that is abhorrent regarding women in the military. I was speaking with my nephew during Christmas. He is with the Army, and is currently serving in Iraq. He was home on leave during Christmas. During our talk, he told me that many women when they find their unit is going to be shipped out will purposely get pregnant. Once the troops are deployed (without them because they are pregnant), they will have an abortion. He has said typically 1/3 of his unit will not be deployed because they are pregnant, but very few of these women will have a child upon the unit’s return from a tour of duty. I could not believe this atrocity is happening, but he assured me it was. He said, however, you will not hear about it unless you are in the ‘inner circle’.

It just makes my stomach twist and turn.

Sincerely, Mrs. Eldridge