The resolution put forth by Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville to stop the VA from providing taxpayer-funded abortions at its medical facilities failed to advance for a final vote, 48-51.
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On September 9, 2022, the VA announced its plans to begin providing abortion services for veterans and their dependents through the taxpayer-funded VA health care system, which Republicans in favor of the voted-down resolution said is a blatant violation of Section 106 of the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992.
"Last year, the VA announced they would begin providing taxpayer-funded abortions. Last year. This is something the VA has never, ever done before. Let me repeat that," Sen. Tuberville said during his remarks on the resolution."The VA has never done abortions. In fact, the VA has been prohibited — by the body — from performing abortions at its facilities for more than 30 years.
March for Life President Jeanne Mancini told Fox News Digital in a statement that the resolution would have halted the VA ruling that "allows for painful abortions on demand, up until the moment of birth in our VA hospitals," adding that the Senators who voted the resolution down"demonstrate they are without either common sense or compassion."
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