Military families get accustomed to this pattern: You plan and the United States Armed Forces makes you go back to the drawing board. She was counting on the fertility coverage in the defense bill. Deady, who also works as the community support director of Building Military Families Network, a nonprofit for military families experiencing difficulties with fertility, rejects the position. Republican Rep. Jennifer Kiggans, who represents a large number of military families in her Virginia district, which includes Virginia Beach and areas around Norfolk, the largest naval base in the country, said that “Military families already sacrifice so much in service to our nation. For many military families struggling with infertility, choosing between the two feels like a sacrifice they shouldn’t have to make.

Source: CNN December 30, 2025 14:31 UTC