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Bill would tighten UC contracts on inclusive care

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Proposed legislation seeks to ensure that the University of California only contracts with facilities that allow the UC staff in those facilities to provide gender-affirming and reproductive health care.

Gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 379 February 10. "This legislation will expand access to health care for LGBTQ people and will begin to end stigma," Wiener told the Bay Area Reporter February 12. "I think a lot of us have strong opinions about major hospitals refusing to provide gender-affirming care and reproductive health, but this isn't even about that.

This is about a public university entering contracts where UC physicians are prohibited from providing care to our community.

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