[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: "Why women were told 'Don't get pregnant at George Air Force Base'" (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Why women were told ‘Don’t get pregnant at George Air Force Base’

By Tara Copp
Military Times
June 20, 2018

The first time Kate Kelly heard the warnings about George Air Force Base, she was a 19-year-old airman just getting settled into the barracks. It was 1975. 

Another female airman sat on a bed opposite. She gave Kelly the rundown of the base. At the time, George was a hub of F-4 Phantom fighter jets and OV-10 Bronco reconnaissance planes. 

Kelly mentioned she’d been thinking about getting married. Her roommate’s response was quick: “Just don’t get pregnant,” the airman warned. “Don’t get pregnant at George Air Force Base.”

Kelly didn’t think too much about the warning and went to work, to offload boxes from arriving aircraft.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/06/20/why-women-were-told-dont-get-pregnant-at-george-air-force-base/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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