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Trans patient claims discrimination after hospital requires pregnancy test before surgery
Christian Post ^ | 09/30/2021 | Ryan Foley

Posted on 09/30/2021 9:40:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

A trans-identified biological female alleges that a hospital in New York discriminated by requiring a pregnancy test even though the patient identifies as a male and says the nurses did not use preferred pronouns.

Trey Lowery, who identifies as a male and underwent bariatric sleeve surgery at Highland Hospital in Rochester in July, is threatening to file a lawsuit after experiencing "discrimination" at the healthcare facility.

Lowery expressed outrage after being asked to take a pregnancy test. As an affiliate of the University of Rochester Medical Center, Highland Hospital requires all biological females with female reproductive organs to undergo pregnancy testing before any surgery involving anesthesia regardless of whether they identify as female.

Speaking with the local ABC affiliate WHAM, Lowery recalled that a nurse asked for a pregnancy test to be taken before surgery.

"I told her why am I taking a pregnancy test when you guys know that I am a male and I'm fully trans?" Lowery said, adding that the nurse responded by saying, "I'm just doing my job."

Lowery first went public in an interview with Rochester's City Newspaper, which was published Sept. 1. Maintaining that "they took my pride away," Lowery told the news outlet that "I felt like I didn't want to be here anymore, I wanted to kill myself because I worked so hard to be here like this, and I'm not getting appreciated for who I am."

Additionally, Lowery complained about consistently hearing "she, she, she, she throughout the whole stay of me being there." The day after the surgery, Lowery received a phone call from Highland Hospital's chief executive officer.

In addition to apologizing for the previous day's events, the Highland CEO reportedly offered Lowery the position of "spokesperson" for trans-identified people at the hospital. Lowery declined the offer and set up a Twitter account at the time of the City Newspaper's article publication. Lowery's Twitter profile reads, "I am a hard-working man and a loving husband who have been hurting in the worst way from Highland Hospital a Rochester New York."

In a statement issued in response to Lowery's criticism, Highland Hospital asserted that it is "committed to providing the highest quality, compassionate, and safe care to all of our patients." Additionally, the hospital vowed that "when issues are brought to our attention, we conduct a thorough review to determine whether staff members took all appropriate steps to care for the patient."

"Upon completion of our review of this patient's case, we believe that his care was medically appropriate and compassionate. However, we will continue to reflect on this individual's experience to see if there is anything we can do better."

Another trans-identified biological female, Cori Smith, shared similar concerns about Highland Hospital with City Newspaper. Smith was admitted to Highland Hospital in 2014 to treat complications from an egg retrieval procedure. The hospital staff provided Smith with a female wristband.

"I was like, 'You're not giving me a female wristband,'" Smith said. "They literally rolled their eyes, laughed it off, and responded, 'We're not doing that.'"

The Rochester-based LGBT advocacy group Out Alliance's monthly magazine "Empty Closet" reported in 2018 that an ultrasound showed that Smith had severely swollen ovaries covered in cysts. When Smith requested the removal of the ovaries, the doctor treating the trans-identified female refused to perform the surgery.

Describing the doctor as "outwardly transphobic," Smith filed a lawsuit against the hospital in 2017, seeking $750,000 in damages. While the lawsuit and subsequent appeals were dismissed, Smith maintains that "they just didn't treat me right."

Smith also alleged that hospital staff used the pronouns "it," "she" and "they" as opposed to the preferred pronoun of "he."

Smith accused the doctor of performing an "unnecessary and inappropriate" transvaginal ultrasound in front of eight nurses and hospital staff members. Because the doctor did not cover Smith with a gown during the procedure, nurses were allegedly "gawking and laughing."

"It made me want to die. I couldn't figure out why they were all in there like it was some freak show and I was completely exposed," Smith said, according to Out Alliance. "They looked at me like I was disgusting … and I felt disgusting."

Smith expressed hope that "a hospital never allows for this to go on again," adding, "No medical provider should abuse you, neglect you, embarrass you, or refuse to call you by your correct gender."

"I hope this situation can help stop some of the issues trans people face in healthcare facilities as well," Smith added. "From smaller missteps of gender pronouns, to much larger discrimination situations like mine — these medical facilities should be aware of the seriousness of the situations at hand. Misgendering can lead to depression, increased anxiety, and can push someone to suicide."

In 2018, the hospital responded to Smith's claims, stating that "appropriate medical treatment" was provided.

"UR Medicine believes that Mr. Smith received appropriate medical treatment at Highland Hospital in response to his need for emergency care in November 2014," the statement reads. "This is based on a thorough review of the medical record by clinical professionals on Highland's patient safety team, a review which included interviews with Mr. Smith's attending physicians and other caregivers."

The Biden Department of Health and Human Services announced this year that it would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in healthcare settings.

In August, associations representing 3,000 healthcare workers sued the Biden administration over an HHS mandate that fear will force them to perform elective gender-transition procedures.

The lawsuit focuses on HHS' interpretation of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act barring sex discrimination. The Biden administration interprets sex discrimination to include gender identity and sexual orientation even though neither term is expressly included in federal civil rights law.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antipope; chat; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; localnews; pregnancy; romancatholicism; surgery; transgender
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1 posted on 09/30/2021 9:40:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Sick is sick....period...belongs in a different hospital.


2 posted on 09/30/2021 9:41:52 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

This is madness. We’re transphobic because we literally follow the science? You’re a biological female. You can’t change that, no matter how badly you mangle your body. You’ll never have an X chromosome, you have to be treated according to your chromosomal profile. Piss off with your garbage.


3 posted on 09/30/2021 9:43:42 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I thought we were told that “men” can get pregnant now.


4 posted on 09/30/2021 9:44:39 AM PDT by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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To: SeekAndFind

FREAK ALERT !!


5 posted on 09/30/2021 9:45:19 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it !)
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To: SeekAndFind
A trans-identified biological female alleges that a hospital in New York discriminated by requiring a pregnancy test even though the patient identifies as a male and says the nurses did not use preferred pronouns.

If it still has a working uterus then a pregnancy test is indicated. As for pronouns, I recommend using "hey, @$$hole!"
6 posted on 09/30/2021 9:45:41 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Do_Tar

Yes, I believe it would have a case for discrimination if they didn’t give it a pregnancy test. Everybody can get pregnant now! Follow the psyence!


7 posted on 09/30/2021 9:48:07 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

Biology and Insurance liability trump Gender Dysphoria in medical/surgical requirements. I suppose they could use the “he” pronoun, but there is a good medical reason to ascertain if a person with a vagina is pregnant before doing a medical procedure.


8 posted on 09/30/2021 9:50:20 AM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: Little Ray

RE: @$$hole!

Isn’t that a noun? How did it become a pronoun. Now I’m confused.


9 posted on 09/30/2021 9:50:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Instead of his/her/its requested surgery, perhaps a frontal lobotomy should have been done.


10 posted on 09/30/2021 9:54:27 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Little Ray

Romans 1:25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and ...
biblehub.com/romans/1-25.htm

And they exchanged the truth of God for lies, and they revered and served created things more than their Creator,

When the world gets to the point where it loves lies, there will be hatred for the truth

People who have been fed a steady diet of lies and deception, who have had their minds hooked up to the steady diet of deception have no tolerance whatsoever for the truth anymore. Even when offered the truth thorugh God’s word, they prefer lies, and will hate the ones trying to give them the truth. (Just had a relative, when confronted with the fact of false ballots in Arizona say “do not send me anymore of these articles, I choose not to beleive In alternative facts” (I immediately saw the money with their hands over their eyes, saying ‘I see no evil’)

“and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
–2 Thessalonians 2:10-12


11 posted on 09/30/2021 9:55:37 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: SeekAndFind

If it identified as male, then it could not possibly have ovaries according to its own “science.” So surgery should have been canceled and it could just pretend it was healthy.


12 posted on 09/30/2021 9:55:42 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: SeekAndFind

Yeah, you’re right.
And it is hard to use @$$hole as second persorn.


13 posted on 09/30/2021 9:57:05 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: Sacajaweau

As Rick James used to say, “She’s a super freak!”


14 posted on 09/30/2021 9:57:13 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: SeekAndFind
per article "bariatric sleeve surgery"

Translation: She's a real porker who won the blue ribbon at the State Fair.

"Sooo-eeee! pig,pig,pig,pig,pig!"



15 posted on 09/30/2021 9:57:35 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Trey Lowery, who identifies as a male and underwent bariatric sleeve surgery...

Trey Lowery on left:


16 posted on 09/30/2021 9:58:01 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Bob434

The level of madness in the world today is approaching the demonic.


17 posted on 09/30/2021 10:01:11 AM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: SeekAndFind

If I were a doctor, I wouldn’t go near this psycho.

There is no winning or helping.

Like suicide bombers, their goal is to destroy as much as possible around them when they destroy themselves.


18 posted on 09/30/2021 10:01:26 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Delta 21

“I couldn’t figure out why they were all in there like it was some freak show”

Well....


19 posted on 09/30/2021 10:02:29 AM PDT by jagusafr ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

“I told her why am I taking a pregnancy test when you guys know that I am a male and I’m fully trans?” Lowery said.

The nurse replied, “I’m not here to feed your delusions, hun. Now pee in the cup.”

LOL!


20 posted on 09/30/2021 10:05:49 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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