“It’s almost as if President Trump is trying to find people who say the most mean, spiteful, hateful things about transgender people to fill roles in his administration,” said Mara Keisling of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
The latest move heightens the Trump administration's stealth campaign against LGTBQ people and regulatory power against health-care benefits for vulnerable populations.
While these restrictions provide logistical and financial obstacles to obtaining an abortion, they often do not achieve the desired emotional obstacle of forcing a patient to reconsider their abortion decision.
If the anti-choice law passes the Tennessee house without amendments, it would head to Gov. Bill Haslam (R), who is considering a veto due to the possibility of litigation.
The Senate Judiciary chair sent a 547-page report to Justice Department officials that fails to provide evidence that the Planned Parenthood entities violated federal law.
The Trump administration's regulatory war demands vigilance because it will have “a big impact on the people who rely on the ACA the most ... [on] LGBTQ people, on young people, on women of color," said Alexis Cole with Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity.
President Trump’s appointment legitimizes the former president and CEO of Americans United for Life, an anti-choice copycat legislation mill looking to restrict access to comprehensive reproductive health care.
The Alabama supreme court last week upheld Roy Moore’s suspension for issuing an administrative order urging state probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
