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Since the Biden administration took office, the executive branch has repeatedly usurped Congress and improperly used its own power to appease its political foundations, doing grave harm to religious Americans. We have built up quite a track record.
In just two years, the executive branch has implemented a variety of discriminatory regulations, effectively excluding thousands of religious federal and civilian employees from the workforce.
Last January, the U.S. Supreme Court suspended President Joe Biden’s OSHA vaccine order, but ongoing lawsuits such as Navy SEAL 1-26 v. Biden and Doster v. Kendall illustrate the issue. This is a far cry from the respect for religious freedom demonstrated by President Bill Clinton, who signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act with overwhelming bipartisan support. The current administration disrespects those who choose to live by their workplace.
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This time, the administration is targeting medical providers at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. As a result, our client, Stephanie Carter, faces the now all-too-familiar crisis between following her religious conscience and continuing her work. .”
Veterans Affairs nurse Stephanie Carter is fighting to keep her job against the unruly Biden administration.
Citing the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the VA announced in September that it would begin offering abortion services at VA facilities nationwide.
The VA has had the audacity to issue this edict because it must first engage the legislature. In defiance of 30 years of congressional authority that has explicitly prohibited abortions at VA facilities, the VA has determined that the VA should be legally sanctioned regardless of the gestational age of the fetus, and notwithstanding state laws that may prohibit such procedures. , had to start offering abortion services immediately.
Carter is a primary care nurse with strong religious opposition to abortion. She currently works at the VA’s Temple, Texas facility. She has had multiple abortions and her own traumatic history contributes to her beliefs, and she does not want to work in an unrestricted abortion facility.For 23 years, the VA mission was consistent with her religious beliefs.
But that is no longer the case, as the VA has become the latest vehicle to advance the Biden administration’s very broad pro-abortion agenda, giving veterans and their beneficiaries access to unlimited abortions for essentially any reason. is not.
Not only does the VA rule adversely affect religious employees, it also makes all nurse practitioners like Stephanie, and other health care providers working in Texas, criminally liable for their involvement in the rule’s abortion activities. and may also expose you to civil liability. Additionally, the Texas Board of Nursing requires nurses to report illegal nursing activities to the state.
The fact that the Biden VA does not have the authority to enforce its abortion regulations makes the grim prospect of employees being prosecuted for engaging in unprecedented duties completely unconscionable.
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While many would protest that Carter’s religion should not influence the internal running of government, both sides of the abortion debate believe that no executive branch under any administration can impose rules beyond its powers. should agree that it is forbidden to
The U.S. Constitution balances power between branches of government for a reason, and the executive branch cannot function as a dictatorship, whatever the political agenda.
The US Department of Veterans Affairs building is seen in Washington DC. This agency is being used as part of the Biden administration’s abuse of power.
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In the recently decided case, Brown v. U.S. Department of Education, Judge Mark Pittman for the Northern District of Texas said just a few weeks ago, “This country is not ruled by an all-powerful executive with a pen and a phone. Instead, we are governed by a Constitution that provides for three separate and independent branches of government, and, as President James Madison warned, “[t]The accumulation of all legislative, executive, and judicial powers in the same hand, whether by one, few, or many, whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, is tyranny. can rightly be declared to be the very definition of ”
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Carter and other VA employees are under no obligation to abandon their careers to respond to VA misconduct. Because of this, Carter, a veteran, is defending her rights in federal court, asking a judge to stay her VA’s enforcement of abortion rules at her VA facility.
Meanwhile, the dictatorial behavior of the Biden administration must end. Engaging in the democratic process that has been our nation’s foundation for the past 234 years is a requirement, not a recommendation. Without brave Americans like Carter defending their right to religious freedom through the judiciary, the basic freedoms every American has enjoyed since the founding of this country will already be lost.
Holly Randall is an attorney at First Liberty Institute, a non-profit law firm dedicated to defending the religious liberty of all Americans.but read more FirstLiberty.org.
