Proposed rule bans nearly all abortions at VA hospitals 

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Proposed rule bans nearly all abortions at VA hospitals

Pregnant veterans would no longer be able to receive an abortion in a hospital operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, including in cases of rape or incest or when a pregnancy threatens their health, the Trump administration proposed Monday.

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

The VA said in the proposal that it is reversing a 2022 rule that for the first time allowed the department to provide abortions in limited circumstances to pregnant veterans and their eligible family members, even in states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Between 1999 and 2022, the VA excluded almost all abortions and abortion counseling for veterans and their families from their medical benefits packa