LGBTQ Health-Care Providers Want New Discrimination Rule Blocked

A new Health and Human Services rule strips gay and transgender people of protections from discrimination in health care and should be blocked, health-care providers in Washington and Los Angeles and others told a federal court.

Providers, community groups, professional associations, and individuals sued HHS over a new rule that would let health-care workers, health-care facilities, and health insurance companies that receive federal funding refuse to treat or cover services for LGBTQ people or for termination of pregnancies.

Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc. and Los Angeles LGBT Center, which provide health-care services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, and others ...