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One executive order aimed to end "forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion" domestically, while another anti-trans action he signed included language implicating fetal personhood.

But, appearing before the Commons' Defence Committee, Wales Veterans Commissioner Colonel James Phillips questioned where they "fit into a waiting list that's already full with people waiting two years for elective surgery".

That network would deliver unscheduled, elective and community hospitals across Northern Ireland and - according to the DoH - make the best use of existing buildings.

The government says the target was achieved between July and November last year, when there were almost 2.2 million more elective care appointments compared to the same period in 2023.

And when I found theater when I was 19 years old at Temple University, just taking an acting class as an elective, it gave me a voice.