The Trump administration is preparing to roll back protections for transgender patients — and give new protection to workers who have religious objections to care
The Trump administration is preparing to roll back protections for transgender patients while empowering health care workers to refuse care based on religious objections, according to three officials with knowledge of the pending regulations.the health department that the rules could harm vulnerable populations’ access to care. Meanwhile, the rules have been eagerly anticipated by religious-rights groups and conservative states that have lobbied for the changes.
The Obama administration issued transgender patient protections as part of a rule enforcing Obamacare’s Section 1557banning discrimination in health care based on sex, but they were halted in 2016 by a Texas federal judge who found Congress didn’t intend to protect gender identity. The Justice Department this month told the judge it agreed with the ruling andHHS declined to comment on the forthcoming rules, citing ongoing litigation and the confidential rulemaking process.
Officials told POLITICO the forthcoming conscience regulations build on an administration proposal from last year, but they declined to offer more details. That proposal would give HHS “a lot more authority and power” to effectively remake and enforce existing conscience protections, said Katie Keith, a Georgetown University law professor who’s studied the regulations.
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