It's Tuesday, August 5, 2025. I'm Albert Mueller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

The Trump administration has proposed a rules change that would prohibit the Veterans Administration from performing just about all abortions,

abortions in just about every circumstance. And this is necessary because of a rule change that came

after the Dobbs decision, 2002, in which the Supreme Court reversed the Roe v. Wade decision,

almost immediately the Biden administration in a pro-abortion position, it instigated a change

that allowed the Veterans Administration a broader authority and permission to perform abortions.

Now, we're talking about military personnel and their dependents, and we're talking about the

potential of a very large number of abortions. However, some of the

restrictions in the legislation did continue. Now, arguably, previous legislation would have

prevented this move entirely, but this was simply an initiative undertaken by the Biden

administration. In keeping with its pro-abortion, they would have said pro-choice,

but it's a pro-abortion policy. And this rule change is now being corrected by the Trump

administration. And for that, we need to be very thankful. This is exactly why electing presidents

is so important. It's exactly why electing the nation's chief executive takes on such a huge significance. It is because

the president's authority, as it is pressed through the entire executive branch, comes down to

such issues as what rules will prevail. Now, there is a system whereby these rules have to be

changed. They have to be announced. There has to be a time for

public response and discussion. But the Trump administration can see this through. And I would argue

the Trump administration must see this issue through. And we need to understand what's at stake here.

Because we are looking at the issue of abortion and it's going to come up just about every day in the

headlines somewhere because it is one of the central issues of our time. And it has been

ever since the early 1970s. Now, I want to remind you that many Americans would be very surprised

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