The Defense Department contradicted President Trump’s claim that service-members are “not allowed to take any drugs” and that transgender troops can’t serve because of this, the Washington Post reports.
Said spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell: “The Military Health System covers all approved medically necessary treatments and prescription medications. If a service member has a hormone deficiency for any reason (such as hypogonadism, hypothyroidism, menopause, etc.), he or she would be prescribed hormones.”
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