On Veteran’s Day, Democrats Want to Force VA Hospitals to Do Abortions
In anticipation of Veterans’ Day, Oregon State Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced that he and other Democrats are pushing for a reversal of a pro-life rule that currently limits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from performing abortions, except in the case of a medical emergency.
In 2025, the Trump administration reinstated a VA policy that had been in place from 1999 to 2022. The policy excluded abortion procedures and abortion counseling from the services the federal department may provide. The Biden administration upended that policy in 2022, allowing the VA to perform abortions “if determined needed by a health care professional, when the life or the health of the pregnant veteran would be endangered if the pregnancy were carried to term or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.” These broad, vague categories contain loopholes permitting VA medical providers to perform elective abortions. ---More...
Texas Town Becomes 102nd City in America to Ban Abortions
Another city in Texas has adopted an ordinance banning abortions. On Monday, November 9, 2026, the City Council of Plains, Texas (pop. 1,355) reconsidered an ordinance adding further prohibitions on elective abortions and abortion trafficking, as well as declaring the City of Plains a ‘Sanctuary City for the Unborn.’
While the council first considered the measure at its meeting on Thursday, October 15, 2026, it had been tabled for one month for further review by the city council and greater community input.
After much discussion at the November meeting, Mayor Rodney Guetersloh asked the council for a motion. Councilman Jaime Williamson moved to adopt the measure, with Mayor Pro-Tem Steven Lopez seconding. The vote was 4-1. Councilmembers Karen Redman-Williams and Justin Etsy joined Williamson and Lopez in voting for the measure, while Councilwoman Cynthia Thomason voted against it.
After the vote, Councilwoman Thomason made it unmistakably clear that she is 100% pro-life and against abortion, but was not comfortable voting for the ordinance due, in part, to how the law was designed to be enforced. ---More...