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.
civil rights
Judge overturns Obama era trans healthcare protections
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WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, a federal judge overturned protections for transgender people that had been a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
civil rights
Georgia sheriff’s deputy sues over lack Of transgender insurance coverage
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A sheriff’s deputy in Perry, Ga., filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the county where she works over its refusal to allow her health insurance plan to cover her gender-affirmation surgery.