WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Department Of Veterans Affairs has issued a proposed rule called: Reproductive Health Services.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Aug. 4 by Jennifer Williams, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Summary: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is proposing to reinstate the full exclusion on abortions and abortion counseling from the medical benefits package, which was removed in 2022. Before that time, this exclusion had been firmly in place since the medical benefits package was first established in 1999. VA is also proposing to reinstate the exclusions on abortion and abortion counseling for Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Vet...