Medical Xpress August 5, 2025
The Trump administration aims to bar U.S. veterans from receiving abortions at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in cases of incest, rape or when the pregnancy puts their life at risk.
The move would revoke abortion access for vets and eligible family members expanded in 2022 under the Biden administration. The expansion included states that ban abortion.
At the time, VA said those bans posed “urgent risks” to pregnant veterans’ lives.
On Friday, the Trump administration called the 2022 rule change “inappropriate” and “legally questionable,” according to The Washington Post. Conservative opponents of federal funding for any abortion-related services hailed the move.
A VA spokesperson said the change would bring VA “back in line with historical norms” and called...
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