WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) successfully incorporated the “Candidates Afforded Dignity, Equality and Training Act of 2021,” or the CADET Act, into the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. The legislation mandated an end to a longstanding military service academy rule that forced pregnant female students to permanently withdraw from the academies, give up legal custody of their children, or abort the child, and forced male students […]
