In 1982, the pregnancy policy changed again to allow the Services to not only keep pregnant women but to involuntarily retain them if their separations were not in the best interest of the Service. All of this didn't come about easily for military women and many fine servicewomen were discharged in the early years simply because they were pregnant. It actually took legal action to help in bringing equality to women with families in the military. In 1973, Frontiero v. Richardson, the Supreme Court ruled that dependents of military women were entitled to the same benefits as dependents of military men. In 1976, Crawford v. Cushman, the Supreme Court ruled that a woman could not be discharged from the military simply because she became pregnant.
Today there is nothing unusual about being military and becoming pregnant.
In fact pregnancy tops the list of health issues relating specifically to military women. There is one area of major concern however and that relates to women being sent into peacekeeping or combat areas. For example prior to deployment to another country women will receive an adequate supply of birth control pills or whatever contraceptive method they choose because unplanned pregnancy is a major issue for women in the military. The Army has a working group that focuses on predeployment pregnancy screening. Knowing whether a woman is pregnant before a deployment is extremely important because service members are required to take vaccines and other medications to protect themselves in the field.