Listen to hosts Samantha Spiers and Cameron Boozarjomehri discuss the new Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that redefines discrimination on the basis of sex as discrimination against male or females, and not gender. Discussion includes an overview of the new rule, what is the biological definition of sex, and what this new rules means for discrimination in healthcare.

Sources: 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration 

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/06/12/hhs-finalizes-rule-section-1557-protecting-civil-rights-healthcare.html 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/06/19/2020-11758/nondiscrimination-in-health-and-health-education-programs-or-activities-delegation-of-authority

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2020/06/14/this-man-is-eliminating-protections-against-healthcare-discrimination-for-more-than-1m-americans/#634a36112f8f 

https://www.vox.com/2020/6/15/21291515/supreme-court-bostock-clayton-county-lgbtq-neil-gorsuch 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232363 

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