We applaud the Department of Defense for working to expand access to fertility treatments for service members," Ossorio said in a statement. "We are overjoyed for our military members who may only now qualify for coverage and desperately need this care to build a family."
Utah is set to become the next state to regulate bathroom access for transgender individuals after its Legislature passed a measure last week that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth.
A commission for the Presbyterian Church in America sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and congressional leaders condemning the administration's advocacy for sex-change surgeries in minors.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made a public appearance for the first time after he was hospitalized on for complications from a surgery to treat prostate cancer.
