HHS ... Protecting Civil Rights in Healthcare (official press release misleading title)

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2. Here is the same story reported by Reuters

U.S. health agency reverses Obamacare transgender protections
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-transgender/u-s-health-agency-reverses-obamacare-transgender-protections-idUSKBN23J37M

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule on Friday that would lift anti-discrimination protections under Obamacare for transgender people and women seeking abortions, drawing condemnation from Democratic lawmakers.

The rule reverses some provisions of the Affordable Care Act passed during President Barack Obama’s administration, also known as Obamacare, that extended civil rights protections in healthcare to cover areas including gender identity and the termination of a pregnancy.

LGBTQ rights groups, Democratic lawmakers and Democratic-controlled states have decried efforts under the administration of Republican President Donald Trump to erode protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer citizens. One group said it planned to sue the administration over the new rule.

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Bravo Reuters for no nonsense reporting.