Amid a global pandemic and on the fourth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, the administration seeks to allow healthcare discrimination on the basis of gender identity
The American Medical Association strongly condemned the action by the administration in a statement from their president, Dr. Susan Bailey: “The federal government should never make it more difficult for individuals to access health care — during a pandemic or any other time.”
The rule will allow health care providers to refuse to treat gender dysphoria, defined as distress or discomfort caused by not identifying with one’s gender assigned at birth, or to refuse treatment simply because of a patient’s gender identity., the rule endangers transgender people seeking health care by allowing more room for providers to discriminate. “I can relate a decade of stories about getting terrible health care because I’m trans,” Brighe said.
Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, deputy executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, emphasized to thejust how dangerous it is to allow discrimination in the middle of a pandemic. “It’s really, really horrendous to not only gut nondiscrimination protections, but to gut nondiscrimination protections in the middle of a pandemic. This rule opens a door for a medical provider to turn someone away for a COVID-19 test just because they happen to be transgender,” he said.
, one in five transgender individuals have experienced homelessness in their lives and an estimated 20-40 percent of homeless youth are transgender of LGBQ-identified.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump administration revokes transgender health protectionThe Trump administration has finalized a regulation that overturns Obama-era protections for transgender people against sex discrimination in health care. Friday's action is certain to be challenged in court.
Read more »
Trump administration revokes Obama-era transgender health protectionHHS will enforce sex discrimination protections 'according to the plain meaning of the word 'sex' as male or female and as determined by biology.' This rewrites an Obama-era regulation that sought a broader understanding shaped by one's internal sense.
Read more »
Trump administration rolls back Obama-era transgender health care protectionsThe Trump administration is ending Obama-era transgender health care protections. The move comes on the four-year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
Read more »
Trump administration revokes transgender health protectionIn a move applauded by President Donald Trump&39;s conservative religious base, his administration on Friday finalized a rule that overturns Obama-era protections for transgender people against sex discrimination in health care. The Department of Health and Human Services said it will enforce sex discrimination
Read more »
Trump administration revokes transgender health protectionThe Trump administration has finalized a regulation that overturns Obama-era protections for transgender people against sex discrimination in health care. The policy shift defines gender as a person's biological sex.
Read more »
Trump administration revokes transgender health protectionThe Trump administration has finalized a regulation that overturns Obama-era protections for transgender people against sex discrimination in health care
Read more »