More than a dozen Republican lawmakers wrote to the Biden administration to express opposition to a newly proposed rule that would curtail religious liberty in health care earlier in October, the Daily Caller has learned.
Six Republican senators and 15 members of the House of Representatives submitted a public comment against the newly proposed rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which would compel health insurers and health care providers to perform procedures like abortions and gender-reassignment surgeries against their will. The proposed rule would bolster the non-discrimination portion of the ACA to expand the procedures protected under the class of âsexâ to include abortion and gender identity-related care.
âThis Proposed Rule makes no attempt to actually ensure equal access to health care based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability,â the lawmakers wrote in their comment, first reported on by the Daily Caller. âInstead, it takes an unprecedented departure from the law by requiring coverage and mandating performance of medical procedures and interventions that not only lack medical necessity, but are often harmful to the patient.â
