NC can't deny gender-affirming care to state employees under state health plan, federal judge rules
North Carolina cant deny gender-affirming services to state employees who receive health insurance through the states health care plan, a federal judge ruled Friday in a major victory for transgender rights advocates.
U.S. District Judge Loretta C. Biggs agreed with the plaintiffs who argued that the North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees discriminated against them for its categorical exclusion of gender-affirming treatments.
The court found that the plans exclusion discriminates based on sex and transgender status in violation of the Equal Protection Clause and discriminates because of sex in violation of Title VII (of the Civil Rights Act of 1964), which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.
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