Article originally appeared on dailycaller.com.
President Joe Biden slammed Congress’ defense spending bill Monday over a provision that prevents the Pentagon from picking up the tab for child sex change procedures.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2025 places a prohibition on Department of Defense (DOD) health insurance from covering any transgender operations for minors that could “result in sterilization,” according to the bill. Biden decried the inclusion of the ban as interfering with “parents’ roles to determine the best care for their children” and alleged that it discriminates on the basis of so-called gender identity.
“This section undermines our all-volunteer military’s ability to recruit and retain the finest fighting force the world has ever known by denying health care coverage to thousands of our service members’ children,” the statement reads. “No service member should have to decide between their family’s health care access and …
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