New HHS Rule Would Force Insurers to Pay for Children’s Sex Changes

Plus: Army Is Falling Dangerously Short on Recruitment. Here's What We Can Do About It.

July 26 2022   Good morning from Washington, where the Biden administration wants to force doctors to perform radical surgery on gender-confused Americans, including children, and to make insurers pay for it. Doug Blair reports. Internal D.C. government emails reveal a plan to send illegal immigrants from the nation's capital to Miami, Roman Jankowski writes. On the podcast, Democrats' marriage bill could give a green light to polygamy, a Heritage Foundation researcher argues. Plus: solving the Army's recruitment crisis; a racially revised "Game of Thrones" spinoff; and "Problematic Women" explores the difference between sex and gender. On this date in 1948,  President H arry Truman  signs an executive order officially ending racial and religious discrimination in the military.      NEWS New HHS Rule Would Force Insurers to Pay for Children's Sex Changes By Douglas Blair The rule "would also force doctors to perform cross-sex surgeries and to administer puberty blockers to children" despite their own beliefs, says Heritage Foundation scholar Roger Severino. More COMMENTARY Army Is Falling Dangerously Short on Recruitment. Here's What We Can Do About It. By Thomas Spoehr, Grace Hermanson This is shaping up to be the worst recruiting year for the Army since the advent of the all-volunteer force in 1973, and it's not a transitory issue. More ANALYSIS DC's Solution to Illegal Immigrants Bused From Texas: 'Put Them on Train to Miami' By Roman Jankowski The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project obtains emails revealing D.C. officials' response to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's busing of illegal immigrants to the nation's capital from the border. More ANALYSIS Sex and Gender Matter. Writer-Academic Abigail Favale Explains Why. By Virginia Allen The radical left has detached sex and gender from "material reality," says Abigail Favale, author of the book "The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory." More ANALYSIS Polygamy Seen as Possibility Under House-Passed Marriage Bill By Douglas Blair Under legislation passed by House Democrats with the help of 47 Republicans, the federal government would recognize any marriage that is legally performed in any of the 50 states. More COMMENTARY New 'Game of Thrones' Spinoff Blackwashed to Avoid 'Another Bunch of White People on the Screen' By Douglas Blair The left is constantly moving to conquer popular franchises. "The Lord of the Rings," "He-Man," and "Superman" are all victims of the left's war on pop culture. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: The 'Handshake' Photo Taken Down at a Congressional Hearing By Terence Jeffrey A Democrat congresswoman refuses to allow a Republican to show a photograph of an unborn child during a hearing on abortion. More           Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at letters@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.