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HappyLarge

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7. Speaking as a veteran who needed IVF, I'd remind folks some of the soldiers who need IVF have civilian husbands.

Reply to jmowreader (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 02:54 AM

Yesterday

What this says is that soldier who has had injury to the reproductive organs (it happens!) doesn’t deserve to have assisted reproductive services because Mike Johnson is a religious nut job? That is fucked up.

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Mike Johnson strips military IVF coverage from defense bill - report [View all] BumRushDaShow Monday OP

I don't see how he can unilaterally alter a bill like that...but if not called out by the majority I guess he can... wcmagumba Monday #1

He and Thune have that "power" BumRushDaShow Monday #2

Mikey is ruled by the theocrats of this country... slightlv Monday #4

Don't forget the Opus Dei SCOTUS. Bohunk68 23 hrs ago #8

They've all made strange bedfellows for now... slightlv 15 hrs ago #11

I would strip it too, but for a different reason jmowreader Monday #3

Our defense budget doth approach $1 trillion Prairie Gates Monday #6

Speaking as a veteran who needed IVF, I'd remind folks some of the soldiers who need IVF have civilian husbands. HappyLarge Yesterday #7

"For soldiers' wives"??? lostnfound 23 hrs ago #10

So much for Trump being "the IVF president." SunSeeker Monday #5

Hell...in Oct 2024 he said he was the FATHER of IVF and so was the Republican party Bengus81 23 hrs ago #9

Fools like Ryleigh Cooper believed him, for God knows what reason SunSeeker 12 hrs ago #12

meanwhile, he has zero problem with the mass murder of fishermen Skittles 1 hr ago #13