Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, signed a bill late last month that allows any medical provider to deny treatment to LGBTQ patients based on “moral grounds.”
The measure comes months after Arkansas, South Dakota, and Montana enacted similar legislation, indicating a growing trend among Republican-controlled state legislatures.
Ohio’s medical community—including the Ohio Hospital Association, the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association, the Ohio State Medical Association, and the Ohio Association of Health Plans—sent a letter to the governor opposing the rule change and saying that the bill could “unacceptably compromise” patient care.
Under the new law, however, health insurance providers will also be able to deny coverage of procedures, regardless of doctors’ willingness to perform procedures. Lab techs can also refuse to analyze test results or perform screening procedures.
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