Photo: Getty Images. Under the Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as Obamacare, your doctor cannot discriminate against you based on sex, gender, or previous termination of pregnancy. Since the ACA covers almost every healthcare provider in the U.S., everyone should be able to access safe medical treatment, right? Not according to U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, who has ruled that doctors can refuse to see women who have had abortions and transgendered individuals based on "religious fre...
Photo: Getty Images. Under the Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as Obamacare, your doctor cannot discriminate against you based on sex, gender, or previous termination of pregnancy. Since the ACA covers almost every healthcare provider in the U.S., everyone should be able to access safe medical treatment, right? Not according to U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, who has ruled that doctors can refuse to see women who have had abortions and transgendered individuals based on "religious fre...
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