VA employee sues department over new abortion policy

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VA employee sues department over new abortion policy
By Leo Shane III
 Dec 14, 01:07 PM
An employee at the Olin E. Teague Veterans' Medical Center in Temple, Texas, has sued the Department of Veterans Affairs over its new abortion policy. (VA)

A Veterans Affairs health care employee working in Texas sued the department Wednesday over its new abortion policy, saying the change violates her religious beliefs as well as state law.

The lawsuit is the first of numerous expected legal challenges to VA officials’ announcement in September that they would offer abortion access to veterans and eligible dependents in cases of rape, incest and pregnancies that endanger the life or health of an individual.

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