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    Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Reverse Protections For Transgender Patients

    A federal agency issued a proposed rule Friday that rolls back Obama-era protections for transgender patients. Advocates for transgender people say the rule leaves them vulnerable to discrimination.
    by Alison Kodjak May 24, 2019 3 minutes

    Updated at 11:15 a.m. ET

    The federal Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to roll back an Obama-era policy intended to protect transgender people from discrimination in health care.

    Roger Severino, director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, said , released Friday, would revise protections put into place in 2016 as part of the Affordable Care Act that defined discrimination "on the basis of sex" to include gender identity.

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