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Lawmaker Vicky Hartzler takes aim at military coverage of transgender surgeries
[Wash Examiner] Rep. Vicky Hartzler is making another attempt this week to curb transgender military service after leading the GOP charge last month as House Armed Services hammered out its annual defense policy bill.The Missouri Republican has filed a proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would bar the military from providing gender transition surgeries to troops, which are now covered medical procedures under the Pentagon's year-old policy of integration. The amendment could get a vote later this week when the NDAA is expected to reach the floor. Hartzler delivered a long impassioned speech against transgender service and late last month floated a different amendment abolishing integration during debate before Armed Services, where she is chairwoman of an oversight and investigations panel. "Is it fair to recruit our sons and daughters to fight for our nation and instead of being able to focus on the enemy subjecting them to disturbing distractions of very personal privacy issues involving sleeping and showering with individuals born of the opposite sex?" Hartzler said at the time. "It is not. Military service is a privilege, not a right." Additional info on this disgusting topic found at 'Center for Military Readiness' website link. Posted by: Besoeker 2017-07-13 |
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