{"id":2041158,"date":"2023-09-22T07:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-leaked-video-veterans-affairs-tells-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby\/"},"modified":"2023-09-22T07:55:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:55:40","slug":"in-leaked-video-veterans-affairs-tells-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-leaked-video-veterans-affairs-tells-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked video reveals Veterans&#8217; Affairs urging abortion promotion, discouraging 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\">28<\/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%2Fin-leaked-video-veterans-affairs-tells-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby%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=2041158&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 \u200bDepartment of Veterans Affairs Promotes\u200c Radical Abortion Agenda<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The \u2064Department \u2064of Veterans Affairs teaches \u200dits so-called health care providers to encourage abortions, instructs that \u2062men can \u2062get pregnant, and recommends against congratulating a pregnant woman, \u2062a\u2064 leaked training video \u2062initially obtained by the Post Millennial revealed. The \u200b<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> \u2064further portrays abortion as beneficial for expectant mothers, and\u2064 childbirth as more dangerous than having an abortion, while perpetuating \u2064the myth that abortion \u2064restrictions represent a\u200c \u201clong history of reproductive \u200cinjustice in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Erasing \u200cWomen and Glorifying Abortion<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The video outlines preferred terminology, much of it sourced from the American\u2064 College\u2064 of Obstetricians\u2062 and Gynecologists, that clearly glorifies abortion and \u2064erases women. The\u2062 offensive framing instructs that instead \u200cof \u2063\u201cpregnant woman,\u201d the approved term \u2062is \u201cperson who is pregnant.\u201d Instead of \u201cbaby\u201d or \u201cunborn child,\u201d medical providers are supposed \u2062to say \u201cfetus\u201d or \u201cembryo.\u201d\u200c \u201cMother\u201d is replaced by \u200d\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\u2064 Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1704572952342315242?s=20\">Libs of Tik Tok \u2063\/ Twitter <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The video openly admits that the most <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'.\">common reasons women give<\/a> for\u200d seeking abortions \u2062aren\u2019t \u200clife-threatening circumstances, as the abortion boosters in the media pretend, but \u200dreasons of convenience. At\u200d the top of\u2063 the list, 40 percent of women who sought abortions cited \u201cnot [being] \u200cfinancially prepared\u201d and 36 percent said \u200dit was \u201cnot the right time for a baby.\u201d Twenty percent \u2063of\u2062 women \u2063said they\u200d chose abortion to ensure their babies didn\u2019t \u201cinterfere[] with future \u2064opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Case studies featured in the training, like one about a woman named Jada who was seeking an abortion, are presented in language\u200c designed \u2064to scare women away \u200cfrom keeping\u2063 their babies. Jada wanted an abortion because she wanted to \u201cfeel in control\u201d instead of having her dreams \u201csquashed,\u201d the training materials state.\u200c The dream in \u2064question: she wanted to sell jewelry online. \u201cNow she can\u2019t\u200d see that\u2062 ever happening.\u201d The video \u200dlater claims that\u200d \u201cabortion restrictions can substantially curtail life prospects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As\u200c more than\u2063 half the states in the nation have outlawed or restricted abortions\u200b following the Supreme Court\u2019s <em>Dobbs<\/em> \u200d decision last year, the Biden administration\u200d is using \u200bthe\u200c military to try to circumvent state laws and perform \u200cabortions in those\u2062 states anyway or pay\u200d for \u2063military\u2064 personnel to travel\u200d out of state. National \u200dSecurity Council spokesman John\u2063 Kirby \u200cwent so far as to claim the federal\u2063 government has 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 inconvenience of not just being pregnant \u200bwith \u200ba baby but having to travel out of\u2063 state \u200cto kill it, bemoaning the\u2063 \u201cemotional \u200dimpact of \u2064traveling \u2064for an abortion.\u201d The negatives of\u2063 traveling to kill your unborn child, according to\u2064 the VA, include \u201cfinancial stress,\u201d \u201clogistics and arrangements,\u201d and potentially \u201carriving \u2062only \u200dto learn [you are] past\u2062 the \u200dgestational limit.\u201d\u2062 On the bright side,\u2063 the VA notes, \u2063if you travel out of state to kill your baby, you\u2019ll have the \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\u2062 of Tik\u2064 Tok \/ Twitter<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the most sinister\u200c parts of the video is \u201cBelinda\u2019s \u2062chart of pros and cons,\u201d listing\u2063 the different options that VA providers are\u200c supposed\u2063 to explain to pregnant women. The \u201cpros\u201d\u200b of having an abortion\u200c include that Belinda could \u201ckeep working \u2062on [her] mental\u2062 health and sobriety,\u201d as well as \u201ccontinue\u2064 school.\u201d The \u201ccons\u201d are that she \u200bwould \u201cfeel sad and guilty,\u201d and \u2063\u2014 in a remarkable tell \u2014 that she \u201cwant[s] to take care of a baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201ccons\u201d of choosing to become a \u2063parent include\u2064 the fear that she would \u2063have\u200d to quit school, issues \u2064with sobriety, and that \u2064her \u201cPTSD would\u2063 get \u200cway worse.\u201d Belinda\u2019s admitted\u2063 \u201cpro\u201d of choosing parenting\u2064 is that \u201cmaybe this will \u200bgive [her] \u200dpurpose in life.\u201d Notably excluded from \u2062the list \u2064is the \u200dultimate \u201cpro\u201d\u2064 \u2014 \u2063the reality \u2063that, if Belinda \u200cchooses to keep her baby, the baby gets \u2063to 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\u200b Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1704572952342315242?s=20\">Libs of Tik Tok \/ Twitter<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The VA\u2019s pro-abortion propaganda\u2064 is \u2063part of the\u2063 Biden administration\u2019s ongoing push to use\u2064 the military to further\u200c Democrats\u2019 radical \u200cabortion agenda, as Marjorie Dannenfelser, the President\u2064 of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans will be\u2063 shocked \u200bto learn \u2064that, not only is \u2062the VA performing abortions\u200b at hospitals across the county, but \u200bthey are \u200bpromoting and training their staff with radical pro-abortion \u200dideology, counseling women veterans into\u200d having abortions,\u201d she said in a statement.\u2063 \u201cMost Americans \u200bdon\u2019t want\u2062 their taxpayer dollars funding\u2063 abortions,\u2064 especially in direct violation of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4b914276a3e07b5ced1d136fc324bb8e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4b914276a3e07b5ced1d136fc324bb8e\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe video is an insult to\u2062 women everywhere,\u201d added Brian Burch, \u2062the president of CatholicVote, \u200c\u201cnot only because it utterly denies biology in claiming\u200b men can get pregnant, \u2062but also because it adds insult to injury in claiming pregnancy is\u2063 nothing to be celebrated or congratulated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does \u2063the VA training video undermine the \u200bconcept of gender and\u2064 the significance of\u2064 women in the process of pregnancy and childbirth?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Er that the VA training video presents a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-where-republican-presidential-candidates-stand-on-pro-life-policies-after-the-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Republican candidates' positions on pro-life policies after the GOP debate.\">radical \u200babortion agenda<\/a> that promotes the erasure of women\u200b and glorifies abortion. The \u2063video, leaked to the Post Millennial, reveals that the Department of\u2062 Veterans Affairs teaches its healthcare providers to encourage abortions, undermines the concept of gender, and uses language that diminishes the importance of motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>One of the alarming \u200baspects of the \u2062video\u200d is its focus on preferred terminology sourced \u2064from \u200dthe American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Instead of using terms \u2062like &#8220;pregnant woman,&#8221; the video instructs providers to say &#8220;person who is pregnant.&#8221; Similarly, &#8220;baby&#8221; or &#8220;unborn child&#8221; should \u2064be replaced with &#8220;fetus&#8221; or &#8220;embryo,&#8221; while &#8220;mother&#8221; is replaced with &#8220;person.&#8221; This deliberate choice of \u200clanguage erases the significance of women\u2064 in the process of pregnancy \u200cand childbirth.<\/p>\n<p>The video also acknowledges\u200c that the most\u200c common reasons\u2064 women seek abortions are not life-threatening circumstances, as often portrayed in the media, but rather reasons of convenience. \u2063Financial preparedness and timing \u2063were cited as the primary factors influencing women&#8217;s\u2063 decisions to have an \u2063abortion. This candid \u200badmission contradicts the narrative pushed\u200c by\u2062 abortion advocates and highlights the importance of providing support \u2064and \u200bresources\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-life-democrat-stands-out-in-illinois-primary\/\" title=\"Pro-Life Democrat Stands Out in Illinois Primary\">women facing unplanned pregnancies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-leaked-video-veterans-affairs-tells-providers-to-promote-abortion-avoid-saying-mother-and-baby\/\" title=\"Leaked video reveals Veterans' Affairs urging abortion promotion, discouraging use of 'mother' and 'baby'.\">training materials present case studies<\/a> that aim to dissuade \u2064women from \u200bchoosing\u200c to carry \u2062their pregnancies to term. One case study focuses on a woman named Jada\u200d who desired an abortion \u200dto maintain control over her life and pursue her dreams. \u200bThe materials insinuate that keeping the baby would squash \u2063her ambitions, \u200blinking abortion\u200b to greater life prospects.\u200b This representation of abortion as a means to achieve personal goals disregards \u2063the potential for motherhood to bring \u200cjoy, fulfillment, and personal growth.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Biden administration has taken steps to circumvent state laws restricting or outlawing abortions. The\u200c Department of \u2062Veterans Affairs has been enlisted to perform abortions in states where they are restricted or pay for military personnel to travel out \u2063of state for<\/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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