May 18, 2026
Abortion activists are intent on killing veterans’ preborn babies. Their newest tactic, spearheaded by Minority Veterans of America, is filing a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit arguing it is unlawful not to provide taxpayer funded abortions to veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
This comes after the Trump Administration returned to pre-Biden policy — the Biden Administration implemented its policy of the VA covering and committing abortions in reaction to the Dobbs decision.
As previously reported by Students for Life Action:
The policy applies to all VA health facilities, including those in states with legal abortion.
As ruled by the Department of Justice (DOJ), the pro-life policy is backed by the 1992 “Veterans Health Care Act”, which prevents VA physicians from both performing abortions and influencing patients to get abortions.
VA Press Secretary Peter Kasperowicz told the Military Times that the VA is immediately complying with the DOJ’s opinion that the VA cannot legally commit abortions. “DOJ’s opinion is consistent with VA’s proposed rule, which continues to work its way through the regulatory process,” Kasperowicz said.
For 20 years, veterans’ kids were legally protected from abortions committed by the VA. Then the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
In response to the Dobbs decision and, as ruled by the DOJ, in direct contradiction to the Veterans Health Care Act, Biden-era officials quickly enacted an order to allow the VA to fund and commit abortions in cases of rape, incest, and health of the mother—even in states that illegalized all abortions. The loophole: VA physicians operate on federal land.
Never before had VA physicians been allowed to commit abortions on federal property.
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The lawsuit claims that abortion is essential for veterans’ “quality, comprehensive and equitable health care as befits those profound sacrifices.” But if your health care is intended to kill, you’re doing it wrong.
Veterans and their families deserve real health care and real support, not the barbarism of abortion that kills children and harms women.
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