Pregnant veterans would no longer be allowed to receive abortions at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in cases of rape, incest or when the pregnancy threatens their health under a proposed rule from the Trump administration that would revoke a Biden-era policy expanding abortion access.
Months after the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ended the constitutional right to an abortion in 2022, the Biden administration implemented a rule change allowing VA for the first time to provide abortion services for veterans and eligible family members in limited circumstances, including in states with abortion bans.
VA said at the time that those bans, some near-total, were "creating urgent risks" to the lives of pregnant veterans. Thus, VA said, the policy change was "essential."
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