Patty Murray: “VA's final rule prevents the more than 460,000 women…”

“I want to move to a really important discussion as well, because in late December, not long ago, the Trump administration quietly implemented a near total abortion ban at the VA. VA's final rule prevents the more than 460,000 women veterans of reproductive age, over half of whom live in states with abortion bans, from receiving abortion care at the VA. Now, VA providers are not even allowed to discuss abortion as an option with veteran patients. Secretary Collins, a simple question.” (04:05–04:18)

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