Feds Investigate Hospitals Over Religious Exemptions From Gender-Affirming Care

UPMC Children's included in federal letter targeting gender care restrictions

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent select hospitals the letter — with a 30-day compliance window — last month.

Feds Investigate Hospitals Over Religious Exemptions From Gender-Affirming Care

The Trump administration has launched investigations into health care organizations in an effort to allow providers to refuse care for transgender patients on religious or moral grounds. One of the most recent actions by the Department of Health and Human Services, launched in mid-June, targets the University of Michigan Health system over a former employee’s claims that she was fired for requesting a religious exemption from providing gender-af…

Reported FBI Probe Targets Trans-Affirming Care Providers—For Procedure They Don’t Do

Photo by David Trinks on UnsplashErin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.Right-wing media has been teeming with an eye-catching headline. As Fox News put it: “FBI launches probes into 3 children's hospitals for alleged genital mutilation of minors.”The news comes from a single anonymous source; the FBI did not confirm or deny the investigation, and at least o…