A nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Texas has sued the department over its decision to offer abortions services in certain cases and abortion counseling to veterans, claiming the new rules violate her religious beliefs
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Waco, Texas, comes months after the VA announced the new rules, which represented one of the very few policy responses from the Biden administration to the Supreme Court’s decision in June to eliminate the federal right to an abortion. The plaintiff, Stephanie Carter, an Army veteran and nurse practitioner working at the Olin E.
Carter to termination from her job,” “exposes her to criminal and civil liability under Texas law” and “exposes Ms. Carter to a possible loss of her nurse practitioner license in Texas.” Texas’ abortion ban, which went into effect in August, put in place new criminal penalties for abortion and offered an exemption only for certain health emergencies.
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