{"id":1571361,"date":"2022-07-26T10:07:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571361"},"modified":"2022-07-26T10:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:07:35","slug":"biden-admin-proposes-restoring-obama-era-lgbt-health-care-non-discrimination-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-proposes-restoring-obama-era-lgbt-health-care-non-discrimination-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Proposes Restoring Obama-Era LGBT Health Care Non-Discrimination Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-proposes-restoring-obama-era-lgbt-health-care-non-discrimination-rule%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571361&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration on Monday announced that it is looking to restore an Obama-era health care non-discrimination rule that interpreted \u201csex\u201d to mean sexual identity or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-gender\">gender<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule would implement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/civil-rights\/for-individuals\/section-1557\/index.html#:~:text=The%20Office%20for%20Civil%20Rights,in%20covered%20health%20programs%20or\">Section 1557<\/a> of the Affordable Care Act, which \u201cprohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability in certain health programs and activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is proposing to restore an abstract Obama-era definition of sex as\u00a0\u201cone\u2019s internal sense of gender, which may be male, female, neither, or a combination of male and female.\u201d For this reason, the move is seen as a win by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-lgbt\">LGBT<\/a> community and its advocates.<\/p>\n<p>This was previously\u00a0struck down in October 2019 during the Trump administration, after a federal court found the ruling was\u00a0probably contrary to applicable civil rights law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.<\/p>\n<p>The move forms part of U.S. President Joe Biden\u2019s agenda to \u201cadvance gender and health equity and civil rights\u201d and championing of LGBT issues, and comes as a number of states move to ban or place restrictions on trans-related surgeries for minors.<\/p>\n<p>HHS stated in a press release that the proposed rule will \u201caffirm protections against discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Proposed Changes <\/p>\n<p>Officials from HHS said the proposed rule was about providing access to health services, including abortion, \u201cfree from discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealth care should be a right not dependent on looks, location, love, language, or the type of care someone needs,\u201d said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.<\/p>\n<p>HHS said the proposed changes to Section 1557 of the ACA will \u201caddress gaps in regulations.\u201d It cites the Supreme Court decision in\u00a0Bostock vs. Clayton County in its rule-making proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, the proposed rules<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration on Monday announced that it is looking to restore an Obama-era health care non-discrimination rule that interpreted \u201csex\u201d to mean sexual identity or gender. 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