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'She should be court-martialed': Army Medic trolled for video against Roe v Wade overturn

'How am I supposed to put on a uniform that says ‘United States Army,’ when the United States doesn’t even give a rat’s ass about me?' says the US Army Medic

A currently deployed woman army medic fumed in a three-minute video posted June 24 — the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade that established the constitutional right to abortion — saying that the US "treats women like second class citizens." The US Army medic disparaged the decision and the video gained huge attention among people. It was also shared on Twitter by right-wing Internet personality Jack Posobiec over the weekend.

“I just extended my contract to continue serving this country a week ago. How am I supposed to swear to support and defend the Constitution and a country that treats its women like second-class citizens?” the medic said. “How am I supposed to do that? How am I supposed to do that with pride? How am I supposed to do that with love and honor?” The medic with username, @rahasenfratz, taped her rant and received nearly 30,000 likes and more than 1,200 comments on TikTok. The TikTok post was captioned: “I am heartbroken. I am enraged. I am terrified.”

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The medic, who said she learned about the court’s decision after waking up from a nap, goes on to ask, “How am I supposed to wake up every day and put on a frickin’ uniform that says ‘United States Army,’ when the United States doesn’t even give a rat’s ass about me?” “It gives more of a rat’s ass about the guns they’re allowed to buy to kill the children that I’m forced to give birth to,” she continued. “Think about that.”

The medic stated in the video that removing the constitutional right to abortion has an "unintended consequence" for female military members. “This effect on female service women is an unintended consequence which means that lawmakers and Supreme Court justices probably weren’t thinking about this when they wrote their 213 some odd-page report on it, right?” she said.

“They probably were not thinking about this consequence. But it is one, and it affects the very people that those lawmakers hold to a higher standard because they support the troops,” she added. “Do you really, though? You really support the troops, even though this is going to greatly lessen the retention of women in the ranks of this military?” The TikTok user scoffed, “You support the troops, even though you’re going to ruin some women’s careers.”

The deployed Army member noted that she has “an extremely limited access to birth control” and that “women in the military are more likely to experience unplanned pregnancies. “You can’t even get an ultrasound without traveling off base,” said the unidentified medic.

At the end of the video, she vowed to fulfill her contractual obligations to serve the United States while also speaking out about the consequences of the contentious Supreme Court decision. “I signed that contract, so I will serve my country,” she said. “But you bet your ass you’re going to hear my voice, because I will not stop. I will not rest and I will not be silent because this is an attack on women in this country, 100%.”

After the video went viral, social media users expressed outrage especially when it was uploaded on Twitter by Posobiec, who captioned it, “BREAKING: Woke Female Army Soldier Questions Loyalty to the United States after Roe v Wade Decision.”

"Maybe you should just re-read your contract and shut up. @USArmy you have a problem with no allegiance here", a user wrote. While another wrote, "I'll never understand why being less free to kill their unborn children in all fifty states upsets them so deeply."

Code of Vets wrote, "This is a direct result of weak woke leadership. She should be court-martialed. Our military is in trouble. Our enemies are watching."

One Twitter user slammed the medic for posting the video on the military uniform and calling out her "code of conduct". "Being deployed you should know better than to publicly bring discredit upon yourself or the uniform or the service with your unauthorized public service announcement online ...your a soldier act like it !!!review your code of conduct", the user wrote. 

"@USArmy just in case you missed this you have a soldier that is making videos and complaining about serving her country. What are you going to do? Get her out, now", another user showed her outrage. 

One user wrote, "She doesn't understand what the decision means in terms of federal vs. state dynamics. She doesn't understand how the US treats abortion in relation to other countries. She doesn't know the atrocities being permitted in places like New Jersey. She is just repeating slogans."

"I don’t feel safe with entitled narcissists like her serving in the army What’s she gonna do, run into combat yelling “my body my choice”?", another wrote. 

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The decision to overturn Roe v Wade which established the right to abortion came on June 24. The landmark ruling marks a shift in abortion laws and limiting and banning access to the procedure in half of the states, in some places immediately. Since the decision came out many people have come out questioning the Supreme Court.