American Soldier Pregnancy Ban

There is a very simple test to understand if what one is doing is ethical or correct or moral or whatever else you want to test for.

You simply take whatever it is that you do or say or write and you apply the idea as if it were coming from another source.

How does this sound for example: we have just learned that any soldier in the Russian Army who impregnates another soldier or becomes pregnant, will face a court marshal or worse.

Sounds a little harsh, doesn't it...

CNN: U.S. soldiers in Iraq could face courts-martial for getting pregnant

"I need every soldier I've got, especially since we are facing a drawdown of forces during our mission...Anyone who leaves this fight earlier than the expected 12-month deployment creates a burden on their teammates. Anyone who leaves this fight early because they made a personal choice that changed their medical status -- or contributes to doing that to another -- is not in keeping with a key element of our ethos."