Friend,

It’s hard enough to face a global pandemic. Imagine how much harder it would be to know that our government has given hospitals, healthcare workers, and virtually everyone else associated with the healthcare system a license to discriminate against sick patients any time they object to the patients’ religion, sexual orientation, or other characteristics. Never mind what that means for the lives and health of the patients.

But here’s the truth: That’s exactly the world we would be living in if President Trump’s Denial of Care Rule had not been blocked by three courts, including one in the lawsuit that we filed with our allies at Lambda Legal and the Center for Reproductive Rights.

YOU made our Denial of Care victories possible. But the Trump administration is desperate to revive this rule soon—even in the midst of today’s public-health crisis.

Will you help our legal team ensure that those efforts never succeed? Click here: [link removed]

Nearly a year ago, Americans United filed two lawsuits against Trump’s proposed Denial of Care Rule. If the rule were ever to go into effect, our government would allow discrimination against patients by inviting healthcare workers to cite their religious beliefs to deny people treatment, referrals, and information—even when the consequences are life and death.

The crisis that we’re in today highlights just how vital it is for the government to ensure that all patients have access to the care that they need, regardless of their religious beliefs, race, gender, or sexual orientation. COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate on the basis of religion—and neither should our government.

I am asking for your support, so that our team can continue to block Trump’s Denial of Care Rule as the administration appeals the judges’ decisions. The danger that this rule poses has never been more clear.

Please click here to donate to AU’s legal fund today. Your gift will prepare us to respond immediately to the next attack on religious freedom and patients’ rights: [link removed]

Thank you for doing all that you do to champion our movement. Day in and day out, you make our most important work possible.

Very truly yours,

Richard B. Katskee
Legal Director

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