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or quite a bit of confidence in the court, compared with 35% of Republicans. (NBC News) #scotus
poll/ 22% of registered voters say they have a great deal or quite a bit of confidence in the Supreme Court – the lowest level recorded in NBC News polling since 2000. Another 40% say they have some confidence, while 38% say they have very little or none. 9% of Democrats say they have a great deal
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Trump held rallies for Kelly Loeffler vs. Raphael Warnock and David Perdue vs. Jon Ossoff. After weeks of screaming the elections were stolen and rigged, Republican turnout dropped by 752,000.
Last night he went to Kentucky to endorse Ed Gallrein against Thomas Massie. Massie’s numbers went up.
recent development. These policies target a vulnerable population already at high risk of #poor #health outcomes.
#policies restricting access to #genderaffirminghealthcare for #incarcerated #transgender people have gained traction. Although there is a long, painful #history of #transinmates being denied adequate #gac and #accommodations as a systemized practice, the passage of formal policies is a relatively
These bills continue to advance in state legislatures this session, including in Georgia, Kentucky, and Oklahoma.
Currently 14 states explicitly exclude #genderaffirmingcare from being covered by their state employee #healthinsurance programs. This means that people employed by those #states are not covered under #employeehealthplans for their #gac, or their child's GAC.
11 states exclude #Medicaid from covering #genderaffirmingcare for all ages, with an additional 3 states banning Medicaid coverage for youth care. This #legislative session, many states are moving to expand and solidify their adult #gac Medicaid #bans, including #KY, #MS, #OK, #TN, and #WV.
to do so. It is unclear how many providers in the country have ended GAC for adults. We all deserve the right to #legal access to healthcare that allows us to live the fullest and happiest lives that we can.
May. As Florida already bans GAC for youth under 18, it can be assumed that #UFHealth ended care for students ages 19 and older. It is evident that the #anti-trans political environment is leading to adult gender-affirming care providers ending care, even when no policy explicitly requires them
and a lack of willing #providers in their reasons for ending care. It is unclear how many #FQHCs nationwide have ended adult GAC.
• The University of #Florida Health (UF Health) reportedly sent a letter to students receiving GAC through the university notifying them that their care would end in
reports of clinics in #TN & #NC ending adult care, and news media covered one FQHC in #Iowa ending adult care in June 2025. One #Nashville clinic, Neighborhood Health, cited the anti-trans #political environment at the state and federal levels, a perceived need for increased liability #insurance,
providing gender-affirming #hormonetherapy for adults despite no #law requiring the to do so. FQHCs are federally-funded, community-based clinics that serve primarily #low-income #patients, and are a provider of hormone therapy for #transgender adults. Campaign for Southern Equality has received
provider of GAC, stopping care for patients of all ages in 2024. While the #policy did not explicitly say #clinics that receive #publicfunding must end care, MUSC chose to #over-comply with the law and end GAC for all adults.
• Some Federally Qualified #Health Centers (FQHCs) have stopped
While it was not clear how many Catholic Hospitals were offering this care, experts say this change will impact access.
• In #SC, a policy banning all public funding from being used “directly or indirectly” for GAC, resulted in The #Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), the state’s largest
offering gender-affirming surgeries for adults. VUMC has historically been the largest provider of GAC in TN & a hub for the surrounding region. There is no federal or state law that required Vanderbilt to end surgical care.
• In Nov 2025, all #Catholic hospitals officially ended GAC for adults.
Since Jan 2025, an estimated 42 #healthcare systems have discontinued #gender-affirmingcare [GAC] for #transyouth. Now, some providers have stopped care for those 18+ (adult GAC).
• #Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, TN, announced in Feb that they will no longer be
