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Not Just Trans Kids: Rulings Allowing Bans on Gender-Affirming Care are Part of a Larger Trend

The current legislative siege on gender-affirming care for children is only a symptom of a larger upheaval of legal precedent in the wake of the Dobbs decision. Previously, abortion being protected by the 14th Amendment gave courts reason to put much more stock into this argument in similar cases. Now, however, legislatures are much more free to circumscribe what their constituents can do with their bodies; the question is, where do parents’ rights end and the state’s right to intervene in the interest of public health begin?

National, Editor's PicksCatherine WilesNovember 3, 2023LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ Community, Healthcare Equity, Editor's PickComment

The Modern Tragedy of Healthcare Inequality Across the Globe

“Healthcare inequality happens on a macro and micro level. At a micro level, each nation's people can find commonality in the struggle to secure lifesaving healthcare services, treatments, and medication. People within these nations often cannot access these treatments unless they are affluent. On the macro level, wealthier nations have proportionately better healthcare access than poorer nations.“

GlobalHannah GarnerApril 15, 2022HealthCare, Medical Access, Privatization of Medicine, Healthcare EquityComment