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A federal judge in New York has struck down a Trump administration rule allowing health care providers to opt out of procedures to which they have religious or moral objections, a policy that threatened care for LGBTQ people and others.
The rule, finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services in May, was to take effect November 22. But Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York “found the rule conflicts with Title VII, which prohibits workplace discrimination, and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, an anti-patient-dumping law that requires providers to care for people who come to emergency departments suffering from emergency medical conditions regardless of their ability to pay,” Bloomberg Law reports.
WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO WHEN GAY PEOPLE SUFFERING EMERGENCIES RECEIVE PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT?!?!
The rule, finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services in May, was to take effect November 22. But Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York “found the rule conflicts with Title VII, which prohibits workplace discrimination, and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, an anti-patient-dumping law that requires providers to care for people who come to emergency departments suffering from emergency medical conditions regardless of their ability to pay,” Bloomberg Law reports.
WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO WHEN GAY PEOPLE SUFFERING EMERGENCIES RECEIVE PROMPT AND EFFECTIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT?!?!