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Biden administration bars LGBTQ+ discrimination in health care

The move ends what AMA President Susan Bailey, MD, called “a dismal chapter,” overturning a Trump-era rule that drew sharp, widespread criticism.

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Top news stories from AMA Morning Rounds®: Week of May 10, 2021

In the news: CDC guidance on COVID, masking, administration to prohibit discrimination in health care on gender id, sexual orientation, Pfizer vaccine for 12-15 year-olds.

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Why anti-transgender bills are a dangerous intrusion on medicine

The AMA urges America’s governors to resist state legislative efforts to ban medically necessary transition-related care.

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AMA to states: Stop interfering in health care of transgender children

AMA to governors: forgoing gender-affirming care can have tragic health consequences, both mental and physical.

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April 23, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Montana bill prohibiting gender transition care for minors defeated and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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Raft of bills intrude on medical practice, harm transgender people

18 states consider bills criminalizing the provision of medically necessary gender-affirming care. Learn why the AMA opposes these disturbing measures.

Population Health
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Chicago-area non-profits to receive 180K masks for COVID-19 prevention

Donated PPE will be directed to Black, Latinx and LGBTQ communities that have been disproportionately impacted.

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March 26, 2021: State Advocacy Update

AMA fights to protect health care for transgender patients and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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Discrimination against LGBTQ+ Americans must end, doctors say

AMA joins National Association of Manufacturers and many others to back the Equality Act’s passage in the House of Representatives. Find out why.

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