Posted on Aug 1, 2022
VA secretary sidesteps calls for department to provide abortion services at its medical centers
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VA secretary sidesteps calls for department to provide abortion services at its medical centers
By Leo Shane III
Aug 1, 10:32 AM
Abortion rights activists demonstrate in support of women's rights on July 16, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images)
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough on Sunday would not back calls to provide abortions at department medical centers even as he pledged to find ways to ensure women veterans have access to the services regardless of where they live.
The comments came just two days after 25 Senate lawmakers (all Democrats and independents) urged the department to begin offering abortions at VA medical centers to all veterans and eligible family members, in response to a growing number of states outlawing the procedure.
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VA secretary sidesteps calls for department to provide abortion services at its medical centers
By Leo Shane III
Aug 1, 10:32 AM
Abortion rights activists demonstrate in support of women's rights on July 16, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images)
Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough on Sunday would not back calls to provide abortions at department medical centers even as he pledged to find ways to ensure women veterans have access to the services regardless of where they live.
The comments came just two days after 25 Senate lawmakers (all Democrats and independents) urged the department to begin offering abortions at VA medical centers to all veterans and eligible family members, in response to a growing number of states outlawing the procedure.
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VA secretary sidesteps calls for department to provide abortion services at its medical centers
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Abortion is not a service connected ailment - a requirement for anyone not 100% service connected disabled. Even then, most times an abortion is an elective proceedure, and then there is the Hatch act, which forbids the use of taxpayer funds to get an abortion.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
May Well Have Been Service Connected.
Depends Upon If She Was Servicing A Military Person Or A Civilian, And Which One Knocked Her Up.
And Whether She Had Regular Insurance Coverage Or Was On Medicare At The Time.
Depends Upon If She Was Servicing A Military Person Or A Civilian, And Which One Knocked Her Up.
And Whether She Had Regular Insurance Coverage Or Was On Medicare At The Time.
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