US senate passes defence bill that strips trans healthcare from kids of military personnel

The US senate has passed a bill – The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year – that will increase annual military spending to $895 billion (£712.5 billion).

However, it also contains a provision that blocks coverage of gender-affirming care for the transgender children of members of the armed services.

It is the most recent iteration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), an annual piece of legislation which outlines military spending and budgets.

The NDAA has not failed to pass congress since it was first introduced more than 60 years ago.

Alongside pay rises for military personnel, and significant funding for new battleships, the bill also contains an anti-trans clause which will prevent Tricare – the US military’s healthcare plan for those in service – from issuing “medical interventions”

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