TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 18, 2023

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the case of Carter v. McDonough. That case, brought by a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nurse, challenges a new rule from the department that he said “purports to authorize taxpayer-funded abortions and abortion counseling for veterans and their beneficiaries.” The brief opposes the rule saying the VA does not have the legal authority to issue such a rule. In November, Skrmetti joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general in sending a letter to the VA warning that it lacked authority to impose the new rule.