The judge overseeing the case against the Defense Department’s firing of transgender service members revealed that the military spends 8 times more on erectile dysfunction medication than on gender affirming care.
While discussing military spending with the Defense Department (DoD) attorney for the ongoing Talbott v Trump case, Judge Ana Reyes said the DoD spends approximately $5.2 million annually on medical care for service members with gender dysphoria.
Comparatively, the DoD spends $42 million a year on medication for service members with erectile dysfunction.
The US District Judge asked: “It’s not even a rounding error, right?”
It should be mentioned that nobody is allowed to decide to have the opinion that “since medication x is removed, we should advocate for the removal of more popular medication y”
So remember, you fight for both medications as an individual. This article only points out that it makes no sense to attempt to justify excluding care for transgender people. Don’t make it about excluding care from your “enemy” or “other” in retaliation if you can help it.
Only one side is allowed to hurt the other without repercussions.
some members of one side are hurting the other side. the repercussions should touch only those responsible, not the whole category theyre part of.
Those buckets of water you are carrying look awfully heavy.
But sure, in general the people who are responsible should be punished. Also, everyone who went along with it to checks notes looks like that includes all Maga.
Because it’s already implied that the reader should be a decent human being…
They didn’t say not to stick an m80 up you but, are you gonna go do that because no one told you not to today?