Wed Dec 14, 2022 – 5:45 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – A nurse practitioner with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is suing the federal agency over a rule change to begin committing abortions at taxpayer expense, which she was told lacks a process for accommodating religious objections.
In September, the DVA put out a new rule adding abortion to U.S. military veterans’ covered medical benefits, supposedly “because it has determined that providing access to abortion-related medical services is needed to protect the lives and health of veterans,” regardless of whether abortion is legal in the state in which a VA facility resides.
Republican lawmakers and pro-life groups noted that the rule was a violation of federal law prohibiting it from offering abortions.
Now, Fox News reported that First Liberty Institute is representing Army veteran and nurse practitioner Stephanie Carter in seeking a preliminary injunction against the rule’s enforcement in Texas, arguing that the Biden administration disregarded both the rulemaking process established by the Administrative Procedure Act and the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992’s express ban on abortion “services” at VA facilities.
Carter says she sought a religious accommodation but was told there was “no
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