Political Quotes

“for 125 years, women have bravely served in our Armed Forces, risking their lives to defend our country and to protect our national security. Today, more than 2 million--2 million--women veterans live in the United States--women Trump has ignored. Basically, he has turned his back on them by denying them access to abortion care and counseling. Abortion care is critical care, often lifesaving healthcare, as noted by my colleague just now. That is why, after the Supreme Court's disastrous Dobbs decision, the VA responded by enabling women veterans to access abortion counseling and care. But last December, the VA, under different leadership and thinking they could get away with it, quietly implemented a near-total abortion ban at the VA even in cases of rape, incest, or when a pregnancy endangers the veteran's life. It is not an exaggeration to call this change in VA policy yet another front in Trump's war on women. Over 450,000 of the women veterans of reproductive age who receive VA care live in States with abortion bans or restrictions. Because of Trump's extreme policy, these women are now out of options and with nowhere to turn, in reality, for abortion care. These are veterans, as I mentioned, who bravely risk their lives for our country, who have the expectation that their country will take care of them when they return to civilian life--not so under this regime.”