Sen. Marco Rubio on Tuesday warned the Biden administration that its newly released guidance assuring federal workers that sick leave may be used for out-of-state travel had better not apply to abortions.
The Florida Republican pointed to the Office of Personnel Management’s recently posted advisory “Availability of Sick Leave for Travel to Access Medical Care,” which says federal employees may apply sick leave to out-of-state travel “to obtain medical care” for themselves or family members.
“The Biden Administration’s actions and statements over the last several days are focused on undermining pro-life states and now they are even willing to violate longstanding federal law prohibiting the use of taxpayer monies to fund abortions or abortion services,” Mr.