The final rule comes at a time when GOP-led states are curtailing access to gender-affirming medical care. According to health research group KFF, 24 states have enacted laws or policies to restrict or ban gender-affirming care for children.
The previous administration’s policy kept protections against discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. But the then-update narrowed the definition of sex to only mean “biological sex,” cutting out transgender people from the protections.
Advocates were concerned that the previous policies would have made it easier for doctors, hospitals and insurance companies to deny care or coverage to transgender and nonbinary patients, as well as women who have had abortions.
Yup. Both sides are the same.
It’s crazy that there even are “categories” for discrimination that are disallowed. Why not disallow all discrimination, hm ?
Discrimination law is based on “protected groups,” and can be very difficult to enforce if not specific enough.
And the discrimination that I face as a trans person is very different from the discrimination that a person of color feels in this country. The remedies aren’t the same, and umbrella terming discrimination just sweeps it under the rug and fails to provide a tangible set of goals to fix.
Fixing discrimination globally all at once is impossible. It creates apathy and makes us all bystanders to the problems. Legally ensuring that the nurse or teacher doesn’t misgender me is a very fixable and tangible thing that is very easy and clear cut.
Highly apt username.
Because discrimination based on certain things is pretty reasonable. Not allowing convicted sex offenders to work in schools is a type of discrimination. Not wanting kkk members to hang out in your bar is a type of discrimination. Even “no shirts, no shoes, no service” is discrimination.
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Biden addressed HHS two years ago, who recommended descheduling to class 3. The DEA has been stalling the approval ever since, regardless of pressure from Biden and Harris. Decriminalization requires Congressional approval prior to getting to the president for approval. The only way Biden could override would be with an Executive Order, a temporary form of legislation that’s designed to address a crisis while allowing time for proper legislation. A temporary decriminalization that would expire would be far more disruptive to the industry than using the current system.
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Yes, he could just replace the head of the DEA for non-compliance with his request. No, that’s not good leadership.
Good leadership is letting an insubordinate subordinate continue to defy orders!
If you refer to members of your team as “subordinates,” you’re not a good leader.
It’s not a team, it’s a government.
If your boss told you to do something completely legal (and ethical), and you just went “Mmmm no” you’d find yourself looking for a new job after not too long.
Stop defending this bad behaviour.
And clearly I used the word subordinate because it flowed well with insubordinate.
If the only counter you have is to critic some stylisation of wording, you’ve got no legitimate reason.
The didn’t say no. They have yet to respond, and the president cannot assign a due date. I’m in full support of decriminalization, let alone descheduling. I’m only speaking to an understanding of the situation, not arguing my opinion of marijuana reform.
The President is a leader of the most important team in the nation. We are in stark disagreement if you believe otherwise. If you want to criticize actions, judge the DEA for stalling, or Congress for linking the DEA’s budget to their apprehension records. The President cannot control those things without wrongful termination or an irresponsible Executive Order.
The minute you terminate someone who disagrees with you, you admit to being unable to lead that individual. It erodes at your respect with other team members, and inhibits your growth as a leader.
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Congress is the problem with your proposal. Descheduling can be done by an agreement of HHS and the DEA. Congress needs to pass decriminalization for it to get to the president for approval.
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That’s exactly what I wrote. lol
Descheduling is done through HHS and DEA.
Decriminalizing is done through Congress.
We’re done here.
the only reason Biden hasn’t decriminalized cannabis is because he’s not a dictator and has no control over government agencies like HHS.
The only reason Biden hasn’t decriminalized cannabis is because it keeps (mostly ethnic minority) people in jails, and having full jails is very profitable.
Fixed that for ya.
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Neither the president, nor HHS, nor the DEA can decriminalize a drug. They can only deschedule. Congress must pass a decriminalization measure before the president can sign it.
Descheduling has no effect on criminal charges. That would require decriminalization.
Sure, why not? Let’s whine about pot in the comments of an article about a good thing the government did.
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Biden can do no wrong, when he does it’s because he’s powerless, when he has power but still does wrong it’s because congress, when congress is irrelevant and he has power and still does wrong it’s because you want Trump to win.
Nobody’s saying that. But when you same 4-6 accounts (Lemmy’s not really big enough for you to get lost in the noise yet) show up on every article to shit on Biden for things that aren’t even related to the article, it gets really fucking old.
Yes, it fucking does get tiring. It’s the usual suspects and with no new material either.
I am able to see votes on my instance, and I can run aggregate reports.
The “usual suspects” are all heavy downvoters by a large margin. They’re just miserable people it seems. (shocked Pikachu face)
Or, you know, paid.
Yeah, fuck me for not wanting to get discriminated against by the medical system, you not getting to take legal bong rips is the real travesty!
Tell me you don’t understand the byzantine federal bureaucracy without telling me you don’t understand the byzantine federal bureaucracy.
