Biden Sends A Clear Message that State Laws Won’t Stop Him

The Biden Administration is now using Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospitals to skirt abortion laws at the federal and state level. Recently, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough disclosed to Senators that the VA medical system performed is first abortion; but section 106 of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992 prohibits the VA from doing this. Oklahoma Senator James Lankford, who has always been a massive champion for life, sent a letter to Secretary McDonough expressing his concerns. In the letter Senator Lankford states: “Only Congress can change federal law, and Congress has held for the past 30 years that the VA is not permitted to offer abortion services. While activists and even my colleagues in Congress—including some who have written to you to encourage you to promote abortions in states where unborn children’s lives are protected, such as Oklahoma—may desire for you to use your authority to usurp Congress to allow the VA to provide, or even pay for abortions through rulemaking, that would