Sunday, July 16, 2017

24 Republicans Vote 'No' On Amendment to Pay for Transgender Surgery for U.S. Soldiers

24 Republicans Vote 'No' On Amendment to Pay for Transgender Surgery for U.S. Soldiers:
transgender"Twenty-four Republicans banded together on Thursday to defeat an amendment which would have ended former President Barack Obama’s 2016 policy of funding “gender-reassignment” surgery for soldiers who want to live as members of the opposite sex.
The amendment to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act was offered by Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R, Mo.).
It would have prohibited the use of taxpayer dollars to pay for the non-military medical task of converting healthy soldiers into “transgender” soldiers who face lifelong dependence on hormones and surgery.
...Amendment supporters say the Pentagon’s financial bill for accepting transgender claims could reach $3.7 billion over the next ten years."

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