{"id":31341,"date":"2024-06-04T17:56:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/04\/biden-threatens-va-budget-veto-over-abortion-gender-affirming-care\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:17:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:17:50","slug":"biden-threatens-va-budget-veto-over-abortion-gender-affirming-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/budget\/2024\/06\/04\/biden-threatens-va-budget-veto-over-abortion-gender-affirming-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden threatens VA budget veto over abortion, gender-affirming care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden on Monday threatened to veto the House\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/05\/21\/republicans-back-abortion-ban-in-360b-va-budget-draft-for-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">$360 billion appropriations plan<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2024\/05\/29\/va-says-its-trust-scores-among-veterans-are-at-highest-level-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> next year over restrictions on abortion and gender-affirming care services included in the measure, accusing lawmakers of \u201cwasting time with partisan bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The threat marks the second consecutive year White House officials have opposed the House\u2019s initial draft of the Veterans Affairs budget over social issues. The measure is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/06\/03\/lawmakers-moving-quickly-on-defense-authorization-va-budget-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\">expected to pass the House<\/a> largely along party lines later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released by the White House, officials blasted the appropriations bill as \u201charming access to reproductive healthcare, threatening the health and safety of LGBTQI+ Americans, endangering marriage equality, hindering critical climate change initiatives, and preventing the administration from promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2024\/05\/21\/republicans-back-abortion-ban-in-360b-va-budget-draft-for-next-year\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1501200118.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Republicans back abortion ban in $360B VA budget draft for next year<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">VA would see a 10% boost in funding under a plan advanced by Republican appropriators on Tuesday, but Democrats oppose other parts of the bill.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with a 10% boost in overall funding for VA programs and operations, the House Republicans appropriations plan includes language blocking department medical staff from conducting abortions or providing gender-affirming care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advocates supporting those services have insisted that both are critical to providing full health care to veterans. 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