Administration moves to revoke transgender health protection

Administration moves to revoke transgender health protection

Administration moves to revoke transgender health protection

By / Politics / Saturday, 25 May 2019 01:57

The Trump administration moved Friday to revoke newly won health care discrimination protections for transgender people, the latest in a series of actions that aim to reverse gains by LGBTQ Americans in areas ranging from the military to housing and education.

The Health and Human Services Department released a proposed regulation that in effect says “gender identity” is not protected under federal laws that prohibit sex discrimination in health care. It would reverse an Obama-era policy that the Trump administration already is not enforcing.

 

Read more at Associated Press News.

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