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BREAKING: The Trump administration just finalized a rule that attempts to ease nondiscrimination protections in health care. This is always unconscionable, but especially so during a pandemic. #PutPatientsFirst
This rule change attempts to undermine anti-discrimination protections in place under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of "color, national origin, sex, age or disability."
To work against anyone's access to care in the midst of a global health is unconscionable.
BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced that it will deny federal funds to California unless the state ends its requirement that private insurance plans cover abortion care. gu.tt/30QyoSY #PutPatientsFirst
California is one of several states that have led the way in expanding abortion coverage in private insurance and protecting people's ability to get affordable care. gu.tt/31VfEC7 #PutPatientsFirst
Everyone should be able to afford the full range of pregnancy-related care, including abortion. By taking action against CA, the Trump administration is yet again demonstrating that it will stop at nothing to undermine people's reproductive health & rights. #PutPatientsFirst
From our report #WhoseFaithMatters: "Several religious denominations even hold that the right to make decisions about one’s reproductive healthcare is an essential aspect of religious freedom." #PutPatientsFirst
Rabbinical Assembly: "Denying a woman...full access to the complete spectrum of reproductive healthcare...deprives women of their Constitutional right to religious freedom."
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: “[f]or some, the question of pregnancy and abortion is not a matter for governmental interference, but a matter of religious liberty and freedom of conscience protected by the First Amendment."
TODAY, we are in court in California with @LambdaLegal and @americansunited fighting against a discriminatory rule that invites any health care worker – from doctors to EMTs to clerical staff – to deny medical treatment to patients because of personal religious or moral beliefs. 
@LambdaLegal @americansunited Because the rule is confusing and infeasible to implement, many health care facilities will likely be forced to eliminate services such as reproductive and LGBTQ+ care, leaving millions across the United States without access to critical health care. #PutPatientsFirst
Health care facilities risk losing essential federal funding if they do not grant employees authority to deny services.
We're fighting to make sure this never happens. Everyone deserves and is entitled to access quality, comprehensive, and compassionate health care services.
We're fighting to make sure this never happens. Everyone deserves and is entitled to access quality, comprehensive, and compassionate health care services.
BREAKING: Despite public outcry against it, the Trump administration has officially given health care providers a free pass to let their religious/moral beliefs override patient care.
Health care providers must #putpatientsfirst. Make no mistake – we are taking this to court.
Health care providers must #putpatientsfirst. Make no mistake – we are taking this to court.
Read the full rule here 👇 #PutPatientsFirst hhs.gov/about/news/201…
What happened to Nicole shouldn't be sanctioned by the government. Personal beliefs have NO PLACE in determining medical care. #PutPatientsFirst
