National Women’s Law Center Issues Statement on Reacts to Trump-Pence Administration’s Proposed Rule to Roll Back the Health Care Rights Law of the Affordable Care Act

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- The National Women's Law Center issued the following statement by President and CEO Fatima Goss Graves on reacts to Trump-Pence Administration's proposed rule to roll back the health care rights law of the Affordable Care Act:

"The Trump-Pence Administration is sanctioning blatant discrimination in health care by attempting to reverse the landmark health care rights law.

"It's clear this Administration wants to return to a time when discrimination against women and anyone who faces gender discrimination in health care went unchecked.

"We have seen religion invoked in countless ways to deny patients access to a broad range of health services.

"But hospitals and other health providers that take taxpayer dollars should never be allowed to use their religious beliefs to refuse to treat or serve a patient.

"We are prepared to protect and defend patients against this dangerous attempt to reverse their rights. Their lives and futures are at stake."