David Taffet Matthew Kacsmaryk lgbtq Trans U.S.District Transgender David Taffet Matthew Kacsmaryk

Doctors may now discriminate

Reading now: 537
dallasvoice.com

U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee based in Amarillo, ruled that doctors may discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Bostock ruling that prohibits employment discrimination does not extend to a doctor’s care. The judge wrote that Congress could have included sexual orientation and gender identity in Title IX but didn’t.

In Neece vs. Bacerra, Dr. Susan Neese refused to prescribe hormone therapy to a transgender patient. The judge notes that the Affordable Care Act prevents discrimination based on sex.

He ruled that the plaintiffs weren’t discriminating since they are refusing hormone treatments to all patients, regardless of sex.

Read more on dallasvoice.com
The website meaws.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA