{"id":2040178,"date":"2023-09-21T15:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-va-instructs-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby-in-leaked-video\/"},"modified":"2023-09-21T15:13:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:13:33","slug":"biden-va-instructs-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby-in-leaked-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-va-instructs-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby-in-leaked-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked video reveals Biden VA&#8217;s abortion promotion, discourages use of &#8216;mother&#8217; and &#8216;baby&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-va-instructs-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby-in-leaked-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2040178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>The Department of Veterans Affairs Promotes Radical Abortion \u2064Agenda<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Department of Veterans\u2063 Affairs teaches its so-called health care\u2064 providers to encourage\u200b abortions, instructs that men can get pregnant, and \u200brecommends against congratulating a pregnant woman, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-va-instructs-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby-in-leaked-video\/\" title=\"Leaked video reveals Biden VA's abortion promotion, discourages use of 'mother' and 'baby'.\">leaked\u200d training video initially obtained<\/a> by the Post Millennial revealed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-ways-to-reduce-high-energy-prices-that-wont-cost-taxpayers-740-billion\/\" title=\"10 Ways To Reduce High Energy Prices That Won\u2019t Cost Taxpayers 0 Billion\">federally funded training<\/a> further portrays abortion as beneficial for expectant mothers,\u200b and childbirth as more dangerous than having an abortion, while perpetuating the myth that abortion \u200crestrictions represent \u200da \u201clong\u200c history\u2062 of \u2063reproductive injustice in \u2062this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Erasing Women and\u2064 Glorifying\u2063 Abortion<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The video outlines preferred \u2064terminology, much of it sourced from the \u200dAmerican College \u2064of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, that clearly glorifies abortion \u200band erases women. The \u2062offensive framing instructs that \u200cinstead of \u201cpregnant woman,\u201d the\u200d approved term is \u201cperson who is pregnant.\u201d \u2064Instead of \u201cbaby\u201d or \u200d\u201cunborn child,\u201d medical providers are supposed\u2063 to say \u201cfetus\u201d or \u201cembryo.\u201d \u201cMother\u201d is replaced\u200c by \u201cperson.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters body-xs m-0 text-start\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">\n<i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1704572952342315242?s=20\">Libs of \u200dTik\u2063 Tok \/ Twitter \u2064 <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The Truth About Abortion<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The video openly admits that the most \u200dcommon reasons women give for seeking abortions\u200d aren\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-amazon-employees-want-to-kill-jobs-in-pro-life-states\/\" title=\"Pro-Abortion Amazon Employees Want To Kill Jobs in Pro-Life States\">life-threatening circumstances<\/a>, as the abortion boosters in the\u2064 media pretend, but \u2062reasons of convenience. At \u2062the top of\u200c the list, 40 percent of women who \u200bsought abortions cited \u201cnot [being] financially\u200d prepared\u201d\u200d and 36 percent said it \u2063was\u200b \u201cnot the right time\u200d for a baby.\u201d Twenty percent of women said \u2064they\u2064 chose abortion to ensure their babies didn\u2019t \u201cinterfere[] with \u2064future opportunities.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Case studies featured in the training, like\u2063 one about a woman \u200cnamed \u2063Jada who was\u2064 seeking an abortion, are presented\u200d in language\u200b designed to scare\u2064 women\u2062 away from keeping their babies.\u2063 Jada wanted an abortion because \u200bshe wanted to \u201cfeel in control\u201d\u200b instead of having\u2062 her\u200d dreams \u200b\u201csquashed,\u201d \u200dthe training materials state.\u200b The dream in question:\u200d she wanted to sell jewelry online. \u201cNow she can\u2019t see that ever \u2063happening.\u201d The \u2062video later claims that \u2062\u201cabortion\u2063 restrictions \u2064can substantially \u2063curtail life prospects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As more than \u200dhalf the states in the nation have outlawed or restricted abortions following the Supreme Court\u2019s <em>Dobbs<\/em> decision \u2063last year, the Biden administration is\u200d using\u200c the \u200dmilitary to try to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-church-already-fully-endorsed-gop-abortion-bill-that-biden-says-is-too-strict-for-catholic-church\/\" title=\"Catholic Church Already Fully Endorsed GOP Abortion Bill That Biden Says Is Too Strict For Catholic Church\">circumvent state laws<\/a> and perform abortions in those states anyway or pay for military personnel to travel out of state. National \u200dSecurity Council spokesman John Kirby went so \u2064far as to claim the federal government has\u2064 a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/18\/biden-white-house-military-has-sacred-obligation-to-abort-babies-with-your-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sacred obligation<\/a>\u201d to spend taxpayers\u2019 dollars on service members\u2019 abortions.<\/p>\n<p>The VA training video decries the \u200binconvenience of not just being pregnant with a baby but having to travel\u2063 out of\u200b state \u2062to terminate the\u2064 pregnancy, bemoaning the \u201cemotional impact of traveling\u2064 for an abortion.\u201d The negatives of traveling to terminate \u200dan unborn child, according to \u200cthe VA, include \u201cfinancial stress,\u201d \u201clogistics and\u2064 arrangements,\u201d and potentially \u201carriving \u200donly to learn [you are] past\u2062 the gestational \u2064limit.\u201d On \u2063the bright\u2063 side, the VA \u2063notes, if you travel\u2062 out \u2063of state to terminate your pregnancy, you\u2019ll have the\u2063 \u201copportunity to see a new place!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters body-xs m-0 text-start\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">\n<i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1704572952342315242?s=20\">Libs of Tik\u200d Tok \/ Twitter<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Manipulating Women&#8217;s Choices<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the most\u2062 sinister parts of the \u200cvideo is \u201cBelinda\u2019s chart of pros and \u2062cons,\u201d\u2063 listing \u200dthe\u2064 different options that VA providers are supposed to explain \u2064to pregnant women.\u200d The \u201cpros\u201d of having an abortion include that\u200c Belinda could \u201ckeep working on [her] mental health and sobriety,\u201d as well as \u201ccontinue \u200cschool.\u201d The \u201ccons\u201d are \u200cthat she would \u201cfeel sad \u200cand guilty,\u201d \u200band \u2014 in\u200d a remarkable tell \u2014 that she \u201cwant[s] \u200d to take care\u2063 of a \u2062baby.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The \u201ccons\u201d of choosing to become a \u2064parent include the fear that\u200b she would have\u2062 to quit school, issues with sobriety, \u200band that her \u201cPTSD would\u200c get way worse.\u201d Belinda\u2019s admitted \u201cpro\u201d of choosing parenting is that \u201cmaybe\u2063 this will give [her] purpose in life.\u201d Notably\u200d excluded from the\u2064 list is the \u200cultimate \u201cpro\u201d \u2014 \u200dthe reality that, if Belinda chooses\u2062 to keep\u200b her \u2064baby, the \u200dbaby gets to\u2062 live.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters body-xs m-0 text-start\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">\n<i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1704572952342315242?s=20\">Libs of Tik \u2064Tok \/ Twitter<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>The Biden Administration&#8217;s Agenda<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u2064VA\u2019s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-pro-abortion-propaganda\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking Pro-Abortion Propaganda\">pro-abortion propaganda<\/a> \u200bis part of the Biden administration\u2019s ongoing push to use the\u2064 military to further Democrats\u2019 radical\u200c abortion agenda, as Marjorie Dannenfelser, the President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, notes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAmericans will be shocked to learn that, not only is the VA performing abortions at\u2064 hospitals across the\u200d county, but\u200c they are promoting and training\u2064 their staff\u200b with\u200c radical\u2063 pro-abortion ideology,\u200b counseling women veterans into having\u200d abortions,\u201d she said in\u2063 a statement. \u201cMost Americans don\u2019t want their \u2063taxpayer dollars funding \u2062abortions, especially in direct violation of the \u2063law.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ddd4b291393cd3955328c12eea82928c fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ddd4b291393cd3955328c12eea82928c\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe video is an\u2063 insult to women \u2063everywhere,\u201d added Brian Burch,\u200d the\u200b president of CatholicVote, \u201cnot only because it utterly denies biology in claiming \u200dmen can get pregnant, but also because it adds insult \u2063to injury in claiming pregnancy is nothing to be celebrated or congratulated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what ways does the video discourage celebrating \u200dpregnancy and instead \u2062focus on\u2064 empathy towards the decision to have an abortion?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Finding affordable child care, and \u2062concerns about financial stability. By presenting \u2064the decision\u2064 to \u200dhave an abortion\u200b as the \u200dmore advantageous \u200dchoice for women, the video manipulates women into believing that ending a \u2064pregnancy is the\u2064 best option \u2062for their future.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the\u2063 training video\u200c encourages VA providers to avoid congratulating pregnant women and instead focus \u200bon\u2062 expressing empathy and understanding\u2064 for their decision to have an abortion. This not only undermines \u2062the joy and celebration traditionally\u2064 associated with pregnancy but\u200c also reinforces the idea that choosing to have\u2063 a\u2063 baby is\u200d something\u200d to \u2063be avoided and regretted.<\/p>\n<h3>A Distorted Perspective<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Through its biased and politically motivated training, the \u200bDepartment of \u2064Veterans Affairs is furthering a \u200bradical agenda that promotes abortion as a solution to\u200d women&#8217;s problems. By framing abortion as beneficial and\u2063 childbirth as dangerous, the video \u200cperpetuates false narratives and disregards the \u200bcomplexities of women&#8217;s experiences.\u2064 It undermines the value of \u200dmotherhood\u2063 and dismisses the unique joys \u200band challenges that come with having a child.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Furthermore, the training video fails to acknowledge\u2063 the multitude of available resources\u2063 and support systems that can help women overcome the\u2064 challenges associated with pregnancy and parenting. Instead of providing \u200ba\u200b balanced and comprehensive view of\u2062 the options \u2064available to pregnant \u200dwomen,\u200d the video manipulates them into\u200c choosing abortion by emphasizing\u200b the difficulties and sacrifices associated \u2064with becoming \u200ba parent.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u200bconcerning that the Department of Veterans Affairs, an \u200cinstitution entrusted with the well-being of our nation&#8217;s veterans,\u2064 is employing such biased and manipulative tactics \u200din its\u2063 training \u2063materials. This not only \u2064undermines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leaked training video obtained by the Post Millennial reveals that the Department of Veterans Affairs instructs its health care providers to support abortions, claims men can become pregnant, and advises against congratulating pregnant women. 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