(Originally posted on Feministing.)
As a soldier in the National Guard, I believe that my job is to fight for freedom, including the freedom to stand up for what's right. That's why I decided to speak out about the mandatory pregnancy tests and discrimination against women soldiers at the New York National Guard.
I enjoy serving in the National Guard. I was originally a member of the Mississippi National Guard, and then I transferred to the New York National Guard. I am still enlisted in the Guard. I work as a broadcast journalist in my unit and in January 2008 I started working on a state active duty mission patrolling the airports. That's when I first learned about the Guard's practice of requiring women soldiers to take pregnancy tests.