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- The Department of Justice issued an opinion reversing the Biden administration's directive that allowed the VA to provide taxpayer-funded abortions.
- The opinion holds federal law restricts the VA to abortion only in life-threatening cases.
- The VA has provided about 140 abortions annually, far below 1,000.
- Critics, including Democracy Forward, call the policy inhumane and deny veterans essential healthcare.
- U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration proposed a rule that reinforces this shift.
