Maxine Dexter on VA Abortion Ban: Protecting Veterans' Bodily Autonomy

Defense of Veterans' Healthcare Access

• 🇺🇸 Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, a physician representing Oregon's third district, emphasizes the promise to veterans: "If you serve, we will take care of you."
• 💔 She condemns Donald Trump's proposed ban on abortion care and counseling at the VA, even in cases of rape and incest, calling it a "betrayal of that sacred promise."

Legislative Action for Reproductive Rights

• ⚖️ Dexter led over 130 House Democrats urging protection of abortion access for veterans within the VA system.
• 📜 She partnered with Congresswoman Julia Brownley to introduce legislation to guarantee veterans and their dependents the right to access abortion care, medication, and counseling through the VA.
• ✊ As a member of the Democratic Women's Caucus, she vows to fight daily for women veterans' access to abortion care.

Bodily Autonomy and Freedom

• 💬 Dexter states unequivocally, "Freedom means little if you have no bodily autonomy."
• 🚀 The Democratic Women's Caucus is united in fighting for service women and veterans to access reproductive care, including safe and affordable abortion, fertility services, and comprehensive birth control.
• ✨ Honoring women veterans with full-spectrum healthcare, respecting their choices, and defending their freedom honors their service and sacrifice.