Chicagoland
Howard Brown plans expansion on Chicago north, south sides
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CHICAGO — Howard Brown Health announced last week it is planning on expanding its services and physical footprint over the next five years.
Regional
More states introduce bills attacking trans kids
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky and South Dakota have introduced bills that would criminalize providing transgender kids with transition related healthcare.
If passed, the bills would punish both medical providers and parents supporting transgender children.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that a bill sponsored by state Rep. Savannah Maddox, would make it a felony for medical providers to prescribe medications, including puberty-blocking or hormone treatments, or conduct surgeries, for anyone younger than 18 with the intent to alter their gender.
Regional
Kentucky clinic can now apply for abortion license
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LOUISVILLE — The Planned Parenthood clinic in Louisville can apply for a license to perform abortions, thanks to a new governor.
Chicago
Advocates react to Illinois Medicaid covering trans healthcare
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CHICAGO — Transgender health advocates celebrated Illinois Medicaid covering transition-related healthcare this past weekend.
healthcare
HHS announces expansion of PrEP access
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its new Ready, Set, PrEP program on Tuesday.
Statewide
Third judge vacates anti-LGBTQ denial of care rule
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SAN FRANCISCO — On Tuesday, a federal judge in California struck down the Denial of Care Rule proposed by the HHS, becoming the third judge in two weeks to vacate the rule.
healthcare
Analysis: 152,000 trans adults are on Medicaid
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LOS ANGELES — A new analysis has shown that 152,000 transgender Americans are on Medicaid, but less than half are in states where Medicaid pays for gender-affirming care.
civil rights
Federal judge stops rule that protects health providers’ ‘religious objections’
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NEW YORK — A federal judge has blocked a rule that would have made it easier for health providers to refuse service for religious reasons.
MetroEast
Huge new MetroEast Planned Parenthood clinic to open this week
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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — Planned Parenthood will open its new large clinic in Fairview Hights on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The ribbon cutting is tonight.