The amendment to the defense budget would also ban Veterans Administration facilities from flying the pride flag—a top GOP priority.
In addition to adding abortion restrictions and pride flag restrictions into the budget, Carter’s amendment also “prohibits funding for hormone therapies or surgeries for gender-affirming care” at the VA. In her opening remarks on Tuesday, Chairwoman Rep.
Kay Granger said the bill “makes good” on the country’s commitment to veterans “byOf course, abortion care is a part of the full spectrum of healthcare, and any bill that excludes it doesn’t actually make good on that commitment to veterans. This appropriations bill, if fully adopted, means veterans have to leave their healthcare system to get an abortion, which the VA specifically tried to avoid with last year’s policy.
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