News Release
For Immediate Release: 7.24.23
Contact: Peyton Luke, media@firstliberty.org
Direct: 972-941-4453
Texas Nurse Practitioner Wins Religious Accommodation Process for All VA Employees Opposed to Abortion
Stephanie Carter faced violating her conscience after VA began performing abortions at installations nationwide.
Waco, TX—First Liberty Institute today announced that Stephanie Carter’s lawsuit against the VA resulted in a nationwide religious accommodation process for VA employees with religious objections to being forced to participate in abortions. Carter is a nurse practitioner at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Center in Temple, Texas.
“We’re pleased that the VA implemented a nationwide policy to protect the religious liberty rights of all VA employees,” said Danielle Runyan, Senior Counsel for First Liberty Institute. “Stephanie Carter is living proudly by her faith and should not be forced to choose between her faith and her career. Because of her courage, every VA employee in the nation can now seek a religious accommodation from participating in a procedure they find unconscionable.”
Ms. Carter has faithfully served veterans as a VA employee for 23 years. When she sought a religious accommodation from participating in abortions in the fall of 2022, VA officials informed Ms. Carter that no process for such accommodations existed. But after filing her lawsuit in December, the VA created a religious accommodation process for affected VA employees.
First Liberty asked the court to dismiss its lawsuit against the VA on Friday.
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