About 80% of VA's roughly 450,000 employees are union members, but the department will no longer honor its contracts with the bargaining units.
Abortion services had been offered at VA facilities since late 2022, even in some states where the procedures were outlawed. Now that will end.
GOP lawmakers are pushing reforms for a host of department employee financial incentives, but Democrats worry the moves will hurt recruiting efforts.
Only a few Democrats broke ranks to support the House's spending plan for Defense Department operations in fiscal 2026.
