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Title: Trump's transgender military ban finds support in federal appeals court
Post by: rangerrebew on January 07, 2019, 12:57:00 pm
 Trump's transgender military ban finds support in federal appeals court
Staff writer Sat 5 Jan 2019 15:52 GMT


A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration's restrictions on transgender people serving in the military can stand for now.

Trump first tried back in July 2017 to ban transgender people from serving 'in any capacity' in the military but after facing legal opposition he last year moved instead to limit the service of those who 'may require substantial medical treatment'.

The Pentagon was then blocked from implementing the ban by a lower court judge, a ruling that the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit overturned on Friday.

https://www.christiantoday.com/us/trumps-transgender-military-ban-finds-support-in-federal-appeals-court/131398.htm (https://www.christiantoday.com/us/trumps-transgender-military-ban-finds-support-in-federal-appeals-court/131398.htm)