ACLJ/ Abigail A. Southerland-
President Biden’s Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) is not only performing illegal abortions, it is targeting pro-life employees of the VA for insidious discrimination. We’re taking legal action to fight back.
The ACLJ has stepped in to defend an employee of the Department of Veteran Affairs who was targeted because of his religious, pro-life views. The facts of this matter provide yet another alarming example of the Biden Administration’s unapologetic pursuit of a radical abortion agenda in a manner that defies federal law. The ACLJ has already taken action to challenge the VA’s attempts to circumvent both state and federal law by implementing an Interim Rule requiring that abortions be performed in VA facilities.
Our client is a medical health employee working at a VA medical center in Colorado. Like many VA employees, and since COVID, many of his job responsibilities are now completed via email, Skype and/or SharePoint – all Microsoft Office applications. VA employees across the country participating in these MS Teams applications can upload a photograph to their Microsoft profile which is displayed in these various MS Teams applications. Photos selected by VA employees include a wide array of personal logos or photos of nature, dogs, family, LGTBQ rainbow and/or flags, and the like. Our client chose a picture expressing his appreciation for human life – both born and unborn. One of his photos was that of a red heart and a cross in the middle with the words “pro-life.” Another photo depicted an unborn baby inside a heart shape with a cross. Continue reading…
