The Pentagon plans to cover advanced fertility treatments for same-sex and unmarried couples, Military.com reported, citing court documents unsealed recently as part of an ongoing lawsuit.
Certain military hospitals offer donor gametes and in vitro fertilization to married troops at a cost, or free to those whose infertility can be connected to a service-related injury, according to Military.com. The military health system plans to introduce a rule change expanding that coverage to unmarried service members, nixing the requirement that recipients be married and permitting the use of donor eggs or sperm, the documents viewed by the outlet said.
“[The Defense Department] is in the process of determining the exact contours of these policy changes and expects to finalize and share with plaintiff a signed memorandum by the end of February 2024 that formally directs the…
