invisiblelad:

micdotcom:

Judge rules doctors can refuse trans patients and women who have had abortions

• On Saturday, a United States district judge ruled that doctors may turn away women who have had abortions and transgender patients on the basis of religious freedom.
• In his verdict, Judge Reed O’Connor argued laws that would otherwise forbid gender-based discrimination require doctors “to remove the categorical exclusion of transitions and abortions (a condition they assert is a reflection of their religious beliefs and an exercise of their religion) and conduct an individualized assessment of every request for those procedures.“ 
• In other words, doctors would have to argue on an individual basis their refusal of a patient.
• This requirement, O’Connor said, “imposes a burden” on doctors’ ability to exercise their religion. Read more

golly, having to treat people like actual people seems so very difficult for some.