WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Patty Murray issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member and former chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and a senior member and former chair of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, released the following statement on the news that the Trump administration has quietly implemented a near-total abortion ban at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), banning abortion care for veterans and their dependents-even when a woman's health is in danger, or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest.
A Department of Justice (DOJ) memo issued last week, which regional VA leaders were told to comply with in an internal dire...