Trump administration revokes Biden era abortion rule for veterans

The Trump administration revoked a Biden era abortion rule on Friday that allows veterans to receive abortions under their medical package. 

The Department of Veteran Affairs is reversing a 2022 rule that provided access to abortion counseling and abortions to certain pregnant veterans in addition to VA beneficiaries.

“We take this action to ensure that VA provides only needed medical services to our nation’s heroes and their families,” the Department wrote in a scheduled release for the Federal Register. 

Officials said they were seeking to ensure taxpayer dollars weren’t used to provide pregnancy terminations.

“As a matter of law, it is without question that VA has the authority to bar provision of abortion services through the VA medical benefits package to veterans,” the release read...