The House of Representatives voted 281-140 on Wednesday evening to approve an annual defense policy bill, the National Defense Authorization Act, that for the first time protects children of members of the military from irreversible transgender medical interventions.
“We should not be funding this with our military,” Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., told The Daily Signal. “We should be funding our military to keep the nation safe and secure.”
The $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act includes a prohibition on the use of taxpayer funds for gender transition procedures for children who get their medical care through the military’s health care program.
It prevents TRICARE, the military’s health care program, from covering specific treatment: “Medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization may not be provided…
