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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

Trump administration puts religious freedom at heart of US health policy

people hold signs for and against abortion
Abortion rights supporters stage a counterprotest during the 50th annual March for Life rally on the National Mall on 20 January 2023 in Washington DC. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Trump administration is moving religious freedom to the forefront of its health policies, a move that will likely affect reproductive health, LGBTQ+ healthcare and vaccine policy.

“They are very much putting religious freedom front and center,” said Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Law San Francisco. But “it tends to privilege a conservative form of Christianity and, for example, protect discrimination against LGBTQ people”.

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