Trump Administration Removes Transgender Protections In Health Care

The Department of Health and Human Services announced a policy enforcing sex discrimination based on biological sex, affecting transgender and nonbinary individuals. This decision, made during LGBTQ Pride month, was celebrated by conservative groups but opposed by LGBTQIA organizations and the ACLU, which plans to challenge it legally. The policy also allows doctors to deny treatment to women who have had abortions.

What concerns did LGBTQIA organizations express regarding the rule change?

What actions did the American Civil Liberties Union plan to take in response to the new policy?