WASHINGTON — Abortion opponents consider {that a} repeal is within the works for a Biden administration coverage permitting abortions for veterans and their dependents in restricted circumstances at Division of Veterans Affairs medical amenities.
After the Supreme Court docket struck down the constitutional proper to abortion in June 2022, the Division of Veterans Affairs started offering abortions, together with in states that ban the process, when the life or well being of a veteran or lined dependent is endangered by being pregnant, or when the being pregnant is the results of rape or incest. The VA additionally began offering abortion counseling.
The Biden VA supplied abortion providers on an interim foundation whereas engaged on a regulation, titled Reproductive Well being Companies, which it finalized as of April 2024.
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