Catholic and conservative groups are criticizing a new HHS rule that they say would block federal funds from hospitals that refuse to perform transgender surgeries.
Catholic groups and other conservative organizations are going after Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra after a GOP lawmaker accused him of withholding federal funds from hospitals that do not perform transgender surgeries on religious grounds. Rep. Mary Miller, R-N.Y.
Katy Talento, executive director of the Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries and a former Trump administration health adviser, said the rule would force hospitals to provide transgender surgeries 'or else lose access to federal funding to care for the poor and elderly, such as Medicaid and Medicare.
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