Maine Attorney General Joins 23-State Coalition Backing Challenge to VA Rule Restricting Abortion Care for Veterans
Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey announced on November 10 that he joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit supporting plaintiffs challenging a Trump Administration rule that would eliminate veterans' and their families' access to abortion care.
The case is Minority Veterans of America v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The coalition argues the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule would deny abortion care to 90% of previously eligible patients, jeopardize the health and wellbeing of veterans and their families, and create dangerous confusion for healthcare providers. In the first year of the 2022 rule, 73% of patients who received abortion care through the VA had pregnancies that threatened their health, 17% were survivors of rape, and 10% faced life-threatening pregnancies, according to the coalition.
The coalition said that despite concerns raised directly with the VA and the Office of Management and Budget and a September 2025 comment letter, the VA finalized the rule without changes.
(Source: Office of the Maine Attorney General)
Source: Office of the Maine Attorney General
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