The US Veterans Affairs Department’s new rule requiring its medical centers to offer abortions and related counseling infringes health professionals’ religious liberties, a new federal lawsuit says.
Stephanie Carter, an Army vet and a nurse at a Temple, Texas, VA facility, sued the agency Tuesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. She’s seeking an injunction barring the VA from compelling her and her colleagues at the facility to participate in providing any abortion-related services.
This is believed to be the first case challenging the VA’s allowance of abortions at its health facilities in very limited ...
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