States Line Up to Oppose Trump Administration Health Bias Rule (1)

The legal challenges against the Trump administration’s rewrite of anti-discrimination protections in health care are mounting as an increasing number of states join the fight to regain safeguards for LGBTQ people and individuals seeking abortions.

A coalition of 22 states and the District of Columbia led by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the June 19 rule. The rule allows health-care workers, facilities, and insurance companies that receive federal funding to deny care or coverage to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ...