Mon Oct 31, 2022 – 6:48 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – A group of Republican lawmakers issued a comment to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding a proposed change to part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly referred to as Obamacare, that would potentially force health care providers and insurance companies receiving federal funding to provide gender “affirming” treatments such as puberty blockers and “sex change” surgeries and abortions against their will.
The comment, sent to the HHS in early October, demanded the proposed rule be “immediately withdrawn.” “This Proposed Rule makes no attempt to actually ensure equal access to health care based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability,” the lawmakers wrote. “Instead, it takes an unprecedented departure from the law by requiring coverage and mandating performance of medical procedures and interventions that not only lack medical necessity but are often harmful to the patient.”
In July, the HHS proposed a change to section 1557 of Obamacare that would expand sex protections to include gender identity, sexual orientation, and “pregnancy or related conditions,” including abortions. The change would potentially force healthcare providers and insurance companies receiving federal funds
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