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Posted on 14th April 2023 |
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This story on The Pink News reports on a new bill under consideration in Florida (USA) that would allow doctors, healthcare providers and medical insurers to refuse to treat patients or pay for their treatment on the grounds of “conscience-based objections without… threat of adverse actions". Doctors could therefore claim to have religious, moral or ethical objections to treating LGBTQ+ patients, or to providing medical care such as birth control. Indeed, the list of groups to which religious, moral or ethical objections could be claimed is endless, and includes religions, ethnic groups, and genders. This bill, if it becomes law, would undo decades of progress in the USA on equal rights. I don't even see how such a law would be legal, since it seems to be in contravention of much federal law. America seems to be regressing, and fast, at the moment. | |