{"id":130237,"date":"2022-09-05T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=130237"},"modified":"2022-09-04T14:23:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T18:23:30","slug":"va-to-begin-offering-abortions-in-cases-of-rape-health-risks-to-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=130237","title":{"rendered":"VA to begin offering abortions in cases of rape\/health risks to veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Supreme Courth overturned Roe v. Wade, so Department of Veteran’s Affairs has announced they will begin offering abortions to select veterans and dependents. Huh?<\/p>\n

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The Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> plans to offer abortion access<\/a> to veterans and eligible dependents in cases of rape, incest and pregnancies that endanger the life or health of an individual, arguing the change is needed after more than two dozen states banned the procedure this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Administration officials have argued that VA employees, when working within the scope of their federal jobs, may provide needed services regardless of state restrictions.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Under a proposed rule submitted to the Federal Register Thursday night, VA health care providers could also coordinate abortions with private sector medical offices in locations where the procedures are allowed, and provide counseling on options to all pregnant veterans and eligible beneficiaries.<\/div>\n

In a statement, VA Secretary Denis McDonough called the move \u201ca patient safety decision\u201d that will fill a critical gap in available medical care.<\/p>\n

\u201cPregnant veterans and VA beneficiaries deserve to have access to world-class reproductive care when they need it most,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So on the one side, administration leaders are giving VA the go-ahead despite any state rules in place?<\/p>\n

Democratic supporters have argued that under the Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act of 1996, the department can furnish \u201cneeded\u201d medical care to veterans, including abortions. VA appears to be using that legal defense to justify the changes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But there is also the other legal side of that claim,:<\/p>\n

At multiple hearings in recent months, Senate Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee ranking member Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, chastised VA officials for considering such a move and cited the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, which prohibits abortions at VA medical locations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All quotes – Military Times<\/a><\/p>\n

You may remember the Hyde Amendment, which forbids spending any Medicaid money on abortions- it does not forbid other funding as far as I can tell. But this does seem ripe for some court action, if not Supreme Court action. Note that, as of this writing, this is a proposed<\/em> rule change and not set in stone (although given the stated values of the administration, ‘Highly Likely’ is a fair assessment.) No word on whether loyalty oaths will determine eligibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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