{"id":1973061,"date":"2023-07-14T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-defense-bill-with-restrictions-on-abortion-transgender-procedures\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T13:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T17:00:20","slug":"house-passes-defense-bill-with-restrictions-on-abortion-transgender-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-defense-bill-with-restrictions-on-abortion-transgender-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"House approves defense bill with limits on abortion, transgender procedures."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-passes-defense-bill-with-restrictions-on-abortion-transgender-procedures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1973061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0714\/5209070c-aad2-4d77-b6cd-3a97b150c0d4\/audio.mp3?length=3951693&#038;duration=329\"><\/div>\n<p>The House on Friday passed a sweeping annual defense bill that includes GOP-led amendments to restrict abortion coverage and transgender procedures, and eliminate diversity initiatives at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Most Democrats voted against the measure, called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/7900\/actions\">National Defense Authorization Act<\/a> for fiscal year 2023, as did four Republicans, with the bill clearing the lower chamber in a narrowly bipartisan 219\u2013210 vote.<\/p>\n<p>The measure was approved by the House Armed Services Committee in a nearly unanimous vote just weeks ago but drew controversy among liberal-minded lawmakers when Republicans added provisions restricting diversity and inclusion initiatives at the Department of Defense (DOD), and curbing services related to abortion and sex changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are continuing to block the Biden Administration\u2019s \u2018woke\u2019 agenda,\u201d said Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), at a press conference with her conservative colleagues ahead of Friday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n<p>The final bill includes various routine provisions, such as allowing the purchase of items like destroyers and aircraft, while adjusting inventory requirements for the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>But it also includes a range of \u201cculture war\u201d issues, including repealing the DOD\u2019s abortion travel policy, which reimburses expenses for service members who travel to obtain an abortion from a state where it\u2019s restricted to a state where such procedures are allowed.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican-led amendments also prohibit Pentagon health care programs from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-approves-ban-on-transgender-procedures-in-military-repeals-abortion-travel-policy\/\" title=\"House bans transgender procedures in military, repeals abortion travel policy.\">providing sex reassignment surgeries<\/a> and gender hormone treatments for transgender individuals, and from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-passes-save-adolescents-from-experimentation-act-to-ban-trans-surgery-puberty-blockers-for-minors\/\" title=\"Arkansas Passes \u2018Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act\u2019 To Ban Trans Surgery, Puberty Blockers For Minors\">providing gender transition procedures<\/a> through a program designed for special-needs family members.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans also introduced various changes to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at the Pentagon, including a measure that bars the DOD\u2019s educational arm from buying books containing pornographic material or that \u201cespouses radical gender ideology.\u201d The changes also prohibit DOD schools from teaching that the United States or its founding are racist. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/14\/us\/politics\/defense-bill-house-ndaa.html\">remove<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Passage of the bill in the House sets up a showdown in the Democrat-led Senate, with many pundits predicting an uphill battle.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Major Win\u2019 versus \u2018Reckless Legislative Joyride\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>After the bill was passed on July 14, Freedom Caucus chairman Scott Perry (R-Ariz.) told a press conference that the amendments to the bill represent a \u201cmajor win\u201d for \u201cthe American people and for life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats widely denounced the bill, accusing Republicans of hijacking what\u2019s normally a bipartisan defense spending measure to push \u201cculture war\u201d issues.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint leadership statement, Democrats said they were voting against the bill because House Republicans \u201cturned what should be a meaningful investment in our men and women in uniform into an extreme and reckless legislative joyride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtreme MAGA Republicans have chosen to hijack the historically bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-defense-bill-with-restrictions-on-abortion-transgender-procedures\/\" title=\"House approves defense bill with limits on abortion, transgender procedures.\">continue attacking reproductive freedom<\/a> and jamming their right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people,\u201d said the statement from Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), and Caucus Chairman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, the House approved a comprehensive defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023. It contains Republican-backed amendments curbing abortion coverage, transgender procedures, and diversity initiatives at the Pentagon. Majority of Democrats opposed the bill, along with four Republicans. 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