Biden’s Abortion Offer for Vets Spotlights Limits of His Power

President Joe Biden‘s move to allow Veterans Administration hospitals to provide abortions probably won’t immediately improve access to the procedure nationwide, even if it stands up to legal challenges.

Veterans and some of their direct family members can get abortions at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility if carrying the pregnancy to term threatens their life or health, according to the policy posted last month. They would also be eligible if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, matching what military hospitals provide active and certain retired service members.

But that makes the VA’s criteria only slightly ...