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Lambda Legal: “People Will Die”

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By Lambda Legal

June 24, 2022

Lambda Legal today condemned the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, severely undermining more than 50 years of individual liberty, bodily autonomy, and gender equality rights.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, United States
Florida AHCA Launches Sham Anti-Transgender Rule-Making Process

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By Lambda Legal

June 17, 2022

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rule for a new rule that would deny Medicaid coverage for all medically necessary gender-affirming care for both youth and adults.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Florida
Victory! Court Rules for Transgender North Carolina State Employees Denied Health Care Coverage

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By Lambda Legal

June 10, 2022

In lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal and TLDEF, U.S. District Court finds that the North Carolina state health plan’s categorical exclusion of medically necessary gender-affirming health care is discriminatory and unlawful.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, North Carolina
Lambda Legal Condemns Arizona Legislature’s Discriminatory Trifecta

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By Lambda Legal

March 24, 2022

The Arizona Legislature today forced through three discriminatory bills, two targeting transgender youth by limiting gender-affirming care and banning transgender girls from participating in school sports, and one imposing a 15-week abortion ban.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Reproductive Rights and Sexual Health, Transgender Rights, Arizona
Lambda Legal Condemns Texas Gov. Abbott and AG Paxton for Targeting Health Care for Transgender Youth

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By Lambda Legal

February 23, 2022

"It seems Gov. Abbott and AG Paxton are intent on proving themselves to be the harshest in their attacks on LGBTQ people and particularly transgender youth."

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Texas
LGBTQ and Women’s Rights Organizations Urge Eighth Circuit to Affirm District Court Ruling Blocking Arkansas’s Trans Health Care Ban

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By Lambda Legal

January 19, 2022

“Arkansas’s trans health care ban is as dangerous as it is unlawful.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Arkansas
Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina State Health Plan’s Effort to Shield Itself from Health Care Discrimination Lawsuits

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By Lambda Legal

January 18, 2022

“Today’s decision protects the rights of marginalized people, including LGBTQ people and people living with HIV, to seek justice and obtain relief in court if they are subjected to health care discrimination.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, North Carolina
Lambda Legal Reacts to Supreme Court Decision Allowing Challenge to Texas Abortion Ban to Move Forward

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By Lambda Legal

December 10, 2021

“We are outraged that SB 8 continues to block access to life-saving health care, of which abortion is an essential component, full stop.”

See Also: Health Care Fairness, United States
Cazembe Murphy Jackson Wants More LGBTQ People Like Him to Tell Their Abortion Stories

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By Lambda Legal

December 6, 2021

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, United States
Lambda Legal to Justice Kavanaugh: Not in Our Name

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By Lambda Legal

December 1, 2021

Lambda Legal reacts to Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s dangerous suggestion that landmark LGBTQ cases support overturning abortion rights

See Also: Health Care Fairness, United States

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Lambda Legal: “People Will Die”

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Florida AHCA Launches Sham Anti-Transgender Rule-Making Process

hospital_icu_ekg_machine_and_beds.jpg

Victory! Court Rules for Transgender North Carolina State Employees Denied Health Care Coverage

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Lambda Legal Condemns Arizona Legislature’s Discriminatory Trifecta

arizona-state-flag_resized_2.png

Lambda Legal Condemns Texas Gov. Abbott and AG Paxton for Targeting Health Care for Transgender Youth

shutterstock_1751259323.jpg

LGBTQ and Women’s Rights Organizations Urge Eighth Circuit to Affirm District Court Ruling Blocking Arkansas’s Trans Health Care Ban

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Victory! U.S. Supreme Court Rejects North Carolina State Health Plan’s Effort to Shield Itself from Health Care Discrimination Lawsuits

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Lambda Legal Reacts to Supreme Court Decision Allowing Challenge to Texas Abortion Ban to Move Forward

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Cazembe Murphy Jackson Wants More LGBTQ People Like Him to Tell Their Abortion Stories

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Lambda Legal to Justice Kavanaugh: Not in Our Name

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