Trump Administration Erases Transgender Civil Rights Protections in Health Care

Trump HHS Scraps Protections for Transgender Patients and Those Seeking Abortion

In a move widely decried by LGBTQ, reproductive, and human rights advocates, the Trump administration late Friday finalized a health care rule that revokes Obama-era nondiscrimination protections for transgender and nonbinary people, patients seeking abortions, and those who do not speak English.“This is deadly and all of us should be outraged,” declared ACLU deputy legal director Louise Melling. “This is beyond heartless.”“While people are faci…

Activists slam roll backs of transgender healthcare protections

Transgender protections for civil rights and equality on the federal level have been reduced by the Donald Trump administration, the very same week that the people of Wheeling, West Virginia elected Rosemary Ketchum to their city council, making her the first openly transgender elected official in the state. MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin in for Joy Reid and his panel discuss the Trump administration erasing Obama-era civil rights healthcare protection…

Trump admin scraps Obama-era protections for transgender patients during LGBT Pride month

Trump HHS scraps protections for transgender patients and those seeking abortions

Trump administration reverses Obama-era health protections for transgender people

In a move applauded by President Donald Trump'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 protections ``according to the plain meaning of the word `sex' as male or female and as determined by biology.'' This rewrites an Obama-era…

LGBTQ Community Concerned as Trump Administration Rolls Back Transgender Health Protections

The LGBTQ+ community says it is concerned after the Trump administration rolled back protections against gender identity discrimination in health care, which was regulated by the Affordable Care Act. In Hillcrest, the heart of San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community, the decision to take away discriminatory protections is a personal one. As the pride flag in Hillcrest flies at half-staff to remember...

Trump Administration Revokes Obama-Era Transgender Health Care Protections

In a blow to transgender civil rights, the Trump administration finalized a regulation that removed health care discrimination protections for transgender patients. Adding insult to injury, the rule was finalized in the middle of a global pandemic when health care access is paramount and on the fourth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando where 49 people were murdered in the gay club during Pride Month 2016.With this change, the…