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Doctors Who Recognize Only Two Genders May Face Severe Legal Problems in the Future

Julie Brown Patton : Feb 9, 2016  The Gospel Herald

Apart from religious beliefs, many doctors oppose sex reassignment surgeries for medical reasons, claims New Boston Post... [for example] Johns Hopkins University has since ended the practice, finding that it was actually damaging to those who undergo it.

airliftA current federal proposal by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services surfaced [revealing] concerns that doctors could be punished for believing there are only two genders rooted in biological sex, female and male. The proposed rule is aimed at banning discrimination against transgender individuals under President Obama administration's Affordable Care Act. (Photo via Gospel Herald)

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act cites decades-long established federal laws that prohibit any individual from being denied benefits or discriminated against in any health program or federally funded activity on the basis of race, color, nationality, sex, disability and age.

However, Office of Civil Rights staffers are now interpreting "sex" to include "gender identity" and "sex stereotypes," reports the Catholic News Agency in New Boston Post.

Consequences of changes in sexual interpretations could be wide-reaching... As a result, doctors and medical institutions could be penalized if they are not willing to perform or facilitate sex reassignment surgeries and other "gender transition" treatments for individuals who identify as transsexual.

Critics of the suggested regulation have stated it is a radical proposal that could result in...

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