4 min read: Anti-science Biden administration policy rewrites "male" and "female"
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Dear webmaster220,
A few years ago, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine recounted a harrowing—and tragic—story.
A patient suffering from hours of abdominal pain was rushed to the hospital. The patient, identified as a male in medical records, had recently stopped taking medication for high blood pressure. With that being the case, the nurse classified the patient as a non-emergency.
But it was an emergency, because the patient wasn't actually male. The patient was female, but identified as transgender. That's why the patient was listed as male in the medical records.
The patient was pregnant—and in labor.
Unfortunately, the baby didn't survive. And the mother was devastated.
This was a tragedy. And tragedies like this could become more common because of an anti-science policy from the Biden administration.
Here's the legalese.
Under this administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reinterpreted non-discrimination on the basis of sex in the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") to include gender identity.
And here's why it matters.
This radical reinterpretation requires that doctors act against their medical judgment, religious beliefs, and conscience in performing controversial and often dangerous "gender transition" procedures on all patients … including children.
But that's not all.
The mandate coerces physicians to use pronouns that affirm a patient's gender of choice. And it compels them to enter inaccurate information about the patient's sex into medical charts and records—creating the very scenario described above that ended in the tragic loss of life.
Even that's not everything the mandate does.
Doctors who inform their patients about the potential risks of "gender transition" procedures could be penalized for creating a hostile environment. This means physicians can't talk about the potential physical dangers or the regret that many of those who "transition" feel.
Thankfully, some doctors refuse to let this dangerous mandate go unchallenged.
Last week, Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit challenging the mandate on behalf of the American College of Pediatricians, the Catholic Medical Association, and an OB-GYN specializing in adolescents.
The government must promote the dignity of all people. And it must uphold everyone's constitutional freedoms. Doctors, and those they serve, deserve no less.
The ideological revolution comes to medicine
Medicine relies on biology. Rewriting "male" and "female" in this context is anti-science, unlawful, and dangerous.
But the Biden administration's gender transition mandate falls within a broader revolution. It's a revolution based on ideology, not science.
In fact, recent reports show that medical schools have begun labeling "sex" as a social construct. Incredibly, to use terms such as "pregnant women" can be construed as offensive. Even terms like "father," "son," and "mother" are off limits.
Activists in the field, as well as rising medical students, are driving the ideological takeover.
Many doctors and other medical professionals feel compelled to get in line with the new orthodoxy. They don't want to face the consequences. They risk losing their friends, jobs, and reputations.
With the gender transition mandate from the Biden administration, compliance is being demanded. This places a chill on speech. Because of the threat of punishment for speech, people will police what they say to ensure that they cross no lines.
To turn the tide against this revolution, everyday people must be willing stand courageously for the truth.
This is why it's so important that these doctors are standing up to this unlawful mandate from the Biden administration.
And with a gift today, you can stand with these doctors as they take on the Biden administration.
Your gift will protect doctors and patients—including children
Doctors shouldn't be forced to perform experimental, often-dangerous procedures on anyone. Especially not on minors. Medical professionals should be free to diagnose and treat patients consistent with their expertise.
Not only that, but the government should not be forcing anyone—including doctors—to endorse an ideology when treating patients.
The Biden administration's mandate puts many doctors in an untenable position. They must either act against their medical judgment and deeply held convictions—or they must refer patients to someone who will.
If they refuse, they face huge financial penalties and even the loss of their ability to practice medicine in most settings.
This is wrong. But you can help stop this government overreach with a gift today!
Our Constitution protects freedom by separating power and limiting government. When the government oversteps, ADF will be ready to defend freedom—with your help.
Forcing doctors to violate their conscience and medical judgment, as well as coerce their speech, is unconstitutional.
Your gift right now will help ensure that the conscience rights of medical professionals are protected.
As a nonprofit ministry, we don't charge our clients a dime for our legal services. But that's only possible because people like you give.
This is an important lawsuit. You can help ensure that these doctors receive a strong legal defense.
Will you give?
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