The Pentagon on Friday implemented a new policy that critics say is “don’t ask, don’t tell” for transgender military members, as no new service members will be able to enlist if they publicly identify as transgender or have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Two trans troops join Alex Witt to talk about the new rule.
President Trump’s controversial ban on most transgender people from serving in the armed forces took effect Friday amid protests by advocacy groups. The Trump administration has argued that there is “too great a risk to military effectiveness and lethality” to allow transgender people to serve — reversing a policy enacted under his predecessor, President Barack
US President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on transgender Americans in the military came into force on Friday following a protracted legal battle that went all the way to the nation’s top court. Trump’s administration has insisted that there is “too great a risk to military effectiveness and lethality” to allow transgender people to serve — reversing a policy enacted under his predecessor Barack Obama. The Pentagon says the restrictions are not a blanket ban, but
Advocates say the new policy would force trans military members to choose between transition and their job and result in increased stigma and mental health issues.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a Missouri murderer a chance to avoid execution by lethal injection after his lawyers argued that the procedure might inflict undue agony because of a rare medical condition in an unusual case concerning which method should be used to impose the death penalty.
Donald Trump’s transgender troop ban is going into effect now
North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forceps and clamps to remove the fetus from the womb.
North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forceps and clamps to remove the foetus from the womb.
North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forceps and clamps to remove the foetus from the womb.
North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forceps and clamps to remove the fetus from the womb.
North Dakota Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation on Wednesday making it a crime for doctors to perform a second-trimester abortion using instruments like forceps and clamps to remove the fetus from the womb.
Syed, whose appeal was rejected by Maryland's highest court, now plans to seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court.