Rep. Adam Smith Urges Johnson to Remove Transgender Care Ban from NDAA

Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, is requesting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) strike a provision from the annual defense policy bill targeting some medical treatments for transgender children. 

House and Senate negotiators unveiled a compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) late Saturday, including a provision that would prevent TRICARE, the military’s health program, from covering gender dysphoria treatments “that could result in sterilization” for children under 18. 

Read more at The Hill.