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NEW: Health and Human Services unveil a proposal that would roll back an Obama-era policy prohibiting discrimination against transgender people and women seeking abortions. blawgo.com/A9ayg6K
Transgender groups will be on familiar ground when they take the Trump administration to court for a move advocates say opens the door to discrimination.
At least one organization, @LambdaLegal, said it would file a lawsuit if that proposed rule is completed.
At least one organization, @LambdaLegal, said it would file a lawsuit if that proposed rule is completed.
@LambdaLegal Transgender people already face barriers to care.
📊About a quarter of the 28,000 transgender individuals who responded to a 2015 survey by @TransEquality said they didn’t see a doctor when they needed care because they feared discrimination.
📊About a quarter of the 28,000 transgender individuals who responded to a 2015 survey by @TransEquality said they didn’t see a doctor when they needed care because they feared discrimination.
@LambdaLegal @TransEquality However, conservative groups argue the issue is more complicated and public sentiments aren’t settled and need to be taken into consideration.
“We don’t need to penalize one side of these disagreements as discriminators,” says Ryan Anderson, a senior research fellow at @Heritage
“We don’t need to penalize one side of these disagreements as discriminators,” says Ryan Anderson, a senior research fellow at @Heritage
