With just 7 days left to the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services has finalized a rule permitting social-service providers that receive government funds to discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Critics of the new guidance claim it could have wide-ranging implications for agencies that address adoption and foster-parenting, as well as homelessness, HIV prevention, elder care and other public services, reports NBC News.
Sasha Buchert, senior attorney for the LGBTQ civil rights group Lambda Legal, blasted the rule, saying: “Even as Trump administration officials abandon ship, HHS has announced yet another dangerous rule that invites discrimination against the very people federal grant