A
new rule from the
Trump-Pence
administration could allow health workers to discriminate against
patients by refusing to provide reproductive care to women, denying care
to transgender individuals, or refusing
to prescribe HIV medication or birth control. DNC Director of Women’s
Media Elizabeth Renda and Director of LGBTQ Media Lucas Acosta issued
the below joint statement in response:
“Once
again, women and the LGBTQ community are under attack from the
Trump-Pence administration. Days before the anniversary of the Women’s
March, Republicans
are giving health workers a license to discriminate against women and
members of the LGBTQ community.
“It
wasn’t enough to try to strip transgender Americans of their right to
serve, roll back access to birth control, and attempt to defund Planned
Parenthood.
Now Trump, Pence, and their Republican cronies want to allow health
care workers to discriminate and rip away access to medical care. This
rule is unethical and dangerously undermines public health.