Abortion in the Navy

Abortion is a moral dilemma in today’s society there are many that support both sides with good reason; one supporting the life of a newborn, the other supporting a woman’s choice to have control over her own life. In this situation a Commanding Officer must face the decision of whether or not he should send a deployed sailor back to the states under “emergency leave” status in order to have an abortion. The Commanding Officer has several things to consider when making this decision that will affect a person’s life forever. I feel that after I went through the constitutional paradigm’s hierarchy of loyalties that my decision would be to deny the sailors “emergency leave”.
The Constitutional Paradigm contains the hierarchy of loyalties that should be followed as laid out by the Oath, the order of these being Constitution, Mission, Service, Ship or Command, Shipmate, Self. The first priority being the Constitution and Abortion has been approved legal by the U.S. Supreme Court. In my opinion the Constitution has no role to play in this decision, neither should any kind of governmental law. Any kind of government should never play a role in deciding this factor, it should be left to the individual. Another thing to consider is the jeopardy of the mission. The commanding officer told Petty Officer Taylor that her assistance would be invaluable when a squadron of ships and a wing of B-2 Bombers arrive shortly, and if the base is undermanned then something could go wrong and the Bombers may be late for their mission and this could have catastrophic results. Also Petty Officer Taylor was only assigned to this remote base for a 1-year duration, and she was assigned there for the sole purpose to work there and work towards the mission of the base, and if she left then she would not be fulfilling the duty she swore to fulfill.
Not only because it is the fifth priority of the paradigm, but the Commanding Officer should look after his shipmates in order to keep respect