The Department of Defense will restart providing gender-based medical care for transgender troops, as a related court case continues through the legal process. A new memo indicates that the department will return to the Biden-era medical policy for transgender service members due to a court order that determined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s restrictions as unconstitutional,

The move is another setback for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has made culture war issues a major part of his role.

The Defense Department will resume providing gender-affirming care for service members, a blow to the Trump administration’s effort to eliminate transgender individuals from the U.S. military. A