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LGBTQ NATION: Trump admin issues rule that gives healthcare workers right to discriminate against LGBTQ people
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced a rule that would allow healthcare workers like doctors, nurses, emergency personnel, and hospice workers to discriminate if they cite their religious beliefs as justification.
WASHINGTON POST: Trump touts new faith-based protections for health-care workers at National Day of Prayer ceremony
Conservative groups welcomed what they call “conscience protections” for health care workers and others, while LGBTQ and women’s groups warned the rule would reduce services and potentially harm patients if providers refuse to deliver certain care, or treat gay and transgender people.
THE ADVOCATE: Trump Announces 'Conscience Rule' That Threatens LGBTQ Health Care
The Department of Health and Human Services today announced its final “conscience rule” excusing health care personnel from participating in procedures to which they have religious or moral objections. Activists have warned that the rule could jeopardize health care for LGBTQ people.
ROLL CALL: Trump administration swayed by conservative think tank on abortion, LGBT decisions, group says
The 35-page Equity Forward report says that The Heritage Foundation’s influence plays a large role in decisions related to abortion, fetal tissue research, contraception and protections for same-sex couples.
POLITICO PULSE: Reading SCOTT LLOYD's new anti-abortion novel.
"The Undergraduate" is a lightly fictionalized memoir of Lloyd's college years.
VICE: A Trump Official’s Anti-Abortion Novel Involves Something Called A “Porn Storm”
Scott Lloyd, a Trump administration official who personally sought to stop migrant teenagers in the administration’s custody from getting abortions, has published a novel. It’s about abortion — and regretting getting one.
REWIRE: The Trump Administration Wants to Give Anti-Choice Official More Power Over Reproductive Health Programs
Trump administration official Diane Foley has an extensive history of anti-choice and abstinence-only advocacy before joining HHS.
WASHINGTON TIMES: Trump administration puts squeeze on Planned Parenthood with Title X abortion reforms
Republicans have a long way to go in their bid to defund Planned Parenthood, but the Trump administration has leveraged a federal family-planning grant program to put the squeeze on the reproductive health care and abortion giant.
PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL-STAR: In video, Pa. House Speaker Mike Turzai appears to compare Down syndrome abortion ban foes to ‘the Nazi regime'
Aides to House Speaker Mike Turzai on Monday were trying explain away remarks the Allegheny County Republican made to an anti-abortion group in which he seemingly compared foes of a controversial proposal to ban abortions based on a diagnosis of Down Syndrome to “the Nazi regime.”
POLITICO: States struggle to replace Planned Parenthood as Trump rules loom
President Donald Trump’s sweeping changes to Title X will hit hard in Utah, which has $2 million at stake and would be hard pressed to Planned Parenthood if the organization makes good on a threat to pull out of the state rather than operate under the new rules.