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The US Supreme Court ruled in January 2019 that US President Donald Trump's restrictions on transgender military members could take effect pending the outcome of ongoing litigation. [AFP]
US President Donald Trump's controversial ban on transgender Americans in the military came into force on Friday following a protracted legal battle that went all the way to the nation's top court.
Trump's administration has insisted that there is "too great a risk to military effectiveness and lethality" to allow transgender people to serve -- reversing a policy enacted under his predecessor Barack Obama.
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