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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Texas judge rules employers not required to cover HIV prevention drugs

The drugs, which are taken every day by hundreds of thousands of Americans, are used to prevent HIV transmission.
The drugs, which are taken every day by hundreds of thousands of Americans, are used to prevent HIV transmission. Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA-EFE

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that employers should not be forced to provide coverage for HIV infection prevention drugs if it violates their owners’ religious beliefs “by making them complicit in facilitating homosexual behavior”.

US district judge Reed O’Connor on Wednesday ruled in favor of Braidwood Management, a Christian-owned company based in Texas, saying it was not required to cover the cost of Truvada and Descovy, two pre-exposure prophylactic drugs also known as PrEP.

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