Trump admin rolls back healthcare protection for transgenders on Pulse Remembrance Day

US President Donald Trump’s ministration on Friday, Jun 12 anunced roll back of Obama-era regulation protecting trans persons from discrimination while receiving health care.

According to  new version of policy, US Health Department will “return to government’s interpretation of sex discrimination, which, as per plain meaning of word ‘sex’ is determined as male or female in biology”.

Obama regulation defined as a person’s internal sense of being male, female, neir, or a combination of both.

revision of policy was long sought by Donald Trump’s religious and socially conservative supporters and would allow healthcare providers and insurance companies that receive federal funds, to refuse to provide treatment or cover transition-related care for trans-Americans.

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anuncement came on fourth anniversary of Pulse nightclub shooting, an incident where a shooter killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

Under Obama-era federal rule, a hospital could perform -transition procedures such as hysterectomies if facility provided that kind of treatment for or medical conditions. rule upheld anti-discrimination section of Affordable Care Act, which prohibits sex discrimination in healthcare but does t use term “ identity”.

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Trump’s move opposed

Several organisations have decided to challenge change in policy. Human Rights Campaign said it would file a lawsuit, while  ACLU has also said it would impeach Trump rule.

Roger Severi, he of health department unit said that trans-Americans continue to be protected by or statutes that prohibit discrimination in healthcare based on race, colour, national origin, , disability, and or factors.

But LGBTQ+ groups have stressed that protections are needed for people seeking confirmation treatment, and for trans people who need treatment for common illness such as diabetes or heart problems. Women’s groups say new regulations also undermine access to abortion, which is a legal medical procedure in US.

ministration has also restricted military service by trans men and women, and proposed homeless shelters to take identity into account while offering someone a bed for night. It also concluded that federal civil rights law does t protect trans people from discrimination at work.

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