Posted on 03/08/2019 10:56:35 AM PST by jazusamo
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the state's Medicaid program must cover sex reassignment surgery for transgender people.
The court ruled Friday that the Iowa Department of Human Services discriminated against two women by denying their Medicaid claims for transition-related care.
The ruling means that many transgender Iowans will be able to obtain life-saving medical care that they were unable to get in the past," said John Knight with the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented the women.
The state argued that transition-related surgeries were not covered by Medicaid because they were "cosmetic, reconstructive or plastic surgery." It specifically banned "surgeries for the purpose of sex reassignment."
The decision upheld a lower court's ruling that the state's policy went against the state's civil rights act, which protects against gender-identity discrimination.
But the ACLU argued that the womens' medical providers determined the surgeries were medically necessary to treat their gender dysphoria.
born a male, die a male. Get his genitals surgically mutilated to mimic a females? He’s a male with surgically mutilated genitals.
Same for females.
Delusionals. Those who support their delusions are enablers and grifters.
Does anybody claiming to be a Republican pay attention to who gets appointed to courts like this?
Check post #38, a FReeper in Iowa pretty much nailed that.
What good are legislators if they refuse to impeach and remove black-robe fascists for lawless conduct?
Time to muster Committees of Safety.
Doctors can no more change someone's sex than judges can.
Don’t you have to be over 65 to receive Medicaid?? Those people rarely have sex anyway! just cut the thing off men, and sew it on women. Take a knife cut a hole in the men.
Wisconsin has an SC election coming up
So, which is it? You treat a disorder/disease, but the deviants insist that it is not a disorder.
How absolutely convoluted.
Appeal to whom? This is the states highest court.
Fortunately, Iowa has a retainage vote for judges periodically. voters can kick them out. But after the damage is done.
I believe you mean Medicare. Medicaid is available to anyone who can prove they are poor.
Pathetic.
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I’d expect to see this in California, New York, or Illinois, but it truly is surprising and pathetic to see this in IOWA!
But the ACLU argued that the womens’ medical providers determined the surgeries were medically necessary to treat their gender dysphoria.
If not, it doesn’t treat the dysphoria.
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