By Victoria Kirby York, Deputy Director of the Advocacy and Action Department, National LGBTQ Task Force
Today, the Trump administration released a religious refusal rule that allows medical providers to choose not to provide care to a patient based on their personal beliefs. This is discriminatory, harmful, and outright immoral.
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Trump claims that allowing health care providers to deny care based on their religious beliefs will not harm LGBTQ people, but we know that is not true. We have seen people use exemptions like this to refuse service in businesses and foster care.
This rule will have negative impacts on transgender people, the LGBTQ community, women, people of color, people living with HIV, and more who could be denied life-saving health care.
It is even more unconscionable that this rule was announced on the National Day of Prayer that focused on the theme “love one another.” As a Christian, I know that this is not what Jesus had in mind when he said to love your neighbor as yourself.
Today’s rule is dangerous, and we are anticipating a much worse health care proposal from the administration any day now. Everyone deserves affordable, quality health care, especially the most marginalized who already face barriers to access.
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