Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition In Opposing Two New Rules Preventing Access To Gender Affirming Care For Youth

Attorney General Raoul Leads Coalition In Opposing Two New Rules Preventing Access To Gender Affirming Care For Youth

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul lead a coalition of 20 attorneys general, in submitting comment letters opposing two proposed rules by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that would prevent hospitals and medical providers from providing, and youth from receiving, essential transgender healthcare by threatening to withhold funds through the Medicare and Me…

Activists protest HHS rules against gender-affirming care; 24 arrested

More than 50 activists protested Tuesday in Washington, D.C., over proposed federal rules that would effectively block access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors.The demonstration was organized by the Gender Liberation Movement with participation from members of ACT UP NY and ACT UP Pittsburgh. This was the final day for public comment on the rules.Also Tuesday, 106 members of Congress sent out a letter opposing the rules.Related: On…

24 Parents And Activists Blockade HHS Headquarters In Protest Against New Trans Youth Care Ban, Arrested

Photo credit Alexa B WilkinsonErin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.On Tuesday, twenty-four people were arrested after parents of transgender youth and activists blockaded the Hubert H. Humphrey building, headquarters of the Department of Health and Human Services, in protest of two proposed rules that could eliminate most transgender youth care nationwide.…