A single line targeting transgender youth in the proposed compromise defense budget will put Democrats’ records supporting the LGBTQ+ community to the test.
In what Speaker Mike Johnson called an “end [to] the radical woke ideology being imposed on our military,” the National Defense Authorization Act, which dropped Saturday night, includes a provision “permanently banning transgender medical treatment for minors,” he said in a statement.
“Medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization may not be provided to a child under the age of 18,” the bill text reads.