The Trump administration has announced a proposal to rescind a Biden-era rule and bar medical centers operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from performing taxpayer-funded abortions except when the mother’s life is in danger.
The regulatory change will be formally proposed by VA in the Aug. 4 edition of the Federal Register, with a 30-day public comment period before it can enter into force.
With the move, the agency is looking to bring back its pre-2022 policy banning abortions and abortion counseling in its medical benefits package and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) program, restoring restrictions that had been in place since 1999….