"This committee is wasting its time," said Wasserman Schultz, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee’s panel on veterans issues."It should be focused on issues that face the veterans community every day: ending veteran suicide, decreasing the claims backlogs, ensuring the VA can attract and retain clinicians. But we are instead focusing on non-issues to bow down to the demands of the far right wing of the Republican Party.
There is no reason elective abortions should be granted to anyone whose medical care is funded by taxpayers. This includes veterans. Our country treats those who serve in the armed forces with the utmost respect, and pro-life measures that ban abortion procedures except in rare cases do not conflict with this goal.