March 2, 2021 HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient Privacy The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) stands with transgender and gender nonconforming youth and their families—and the significant majority of expert medical associations—in unequivocally stating that gender affirming care for minors, when medically appropriate and necessary, improves…
Category: Healthcare
No, you don’t get to trample patients’ rights and staff’s rights, Karen.
My phone started beeping at me. And it kept beeping at me, which is usually a signal that a family member really really wants to get my attention. In this case, it was my son, and as I scrolled through messages, it was obvious he was madder than a wet hen. As context: my son…
Abortion rights are under more threat in even more states…..
Just look around at what’s going on…. Future of legal abortion at stake in Nebraska legislative hearing Iowa Supreme Court takes new look at abortion rights Indiana Senate approves abortion restrictions, bans coercion. Opponents say it stigmatizes the procedure Thanks to Joe Cadillic for sending these along so that we pay attention to the growing…
Texas Gov. Abbott: Agencies must investigate gender-affirming care for trans kids as ‘child abuse’ (UPDATED)
Lauren McGaughy reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to investigate reports of transgender kids receiving gender-affirming care as “child abuse,” but it’s unclear what immediate effect the directive will have on kids, teachers, doctors and parents. In a letter to the Department of Family and Protective Services sent Tuesday, Abbott said the agency “is responsible for…