President Biden Signs Defense Bill Blocking Health Care For Trans…
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Thousands of Military Families Now Face Loss of Medically Necessary Care for Their Children

HRC Article:

WASHINGTON — Last night, President Biden signed the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law, which includes a provision inserted by Speaker Mike Johnson blocking healthcare for the transgender children of military servicemembers. This provision, the first anti-LGBTQ+ federal law enacted since the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, will rip medically necessary care from the transgender children of thousands of military families – families who make incredible sacrifices in defense of the country each and every day. The last anti-LGBTQ+ federal law that explicitly targeted military servicemembers was Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, which went into effect in 1994.

Biden’s press release:

No service member should have to decide between their family’s health care access and their call to serve our Nation.

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    An overwhelming vote is not the same as an enthusiastic vote.

    Yes it is.

    The bill got 100% of the Democratic vote in the executive branch, yet Biden was far from enthusiastic about that provision.

    He says he isn’t. You give him the benefit of the doubt. You trust him. I do not.

    But, when the election is done, the country doesn’t operate without compromises with elected Republicans.

    Or capitulation, as in this case.

    I’m not sure why you would assume I got everything I wanted.

    Because you’re carrying water for a lame duck president whose career is over.

    I also have no doubt that if the Democrats owned both branches that there would still be a lot I don’t like, but I think the trans provision would be gone.

    I don’t.

    It was unfair of me to say it was your fault that Republicans chose to force the trans issue in this bill. It’s not. It will be your fault when they do it next time though, because you are rewarding them for it.

    And the next time Democrats throw trans people under the bus, it’ll be your fault for defending them. Not that this isn’t the intended outcome.