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House Republicans slipped their bigotry into a must-pass spending bill & it's crucial that the Senate doesn't roll over for it. TriCare must not be barred from providing gender-affirming care to minors. I don't appreciate them taking basic freedom of choice away from parents who serve. We trust these parents with national security on a daily basis & yet when it comes to their children's health care, they can only be trusted to decide that puberty blockers are acceptable and safe for cisgender children? Make no mistake: these medications - which have been safely prescribed for minors for 4 decades - will still be prescribed for cisgender children who experience precious puberty. They aren't "unsafe." The entire point is to damage the childhoods of trans kids & and restrict the parental freedoms of military parents. Please take a stand for military families and their basic medical freedom.