To: Judge Reed O'Conner
Recall this judge!
District judge rules that doctors can refuse to treat women who have had abortions or trans patients based on the judge's "religious beliefs."
Why is this important?
"In his verdict, Judge Reed O'Connor argued laws that would otherwise forbid gender-based discrimination require doctors "to remove the categorical exclusion of transitions and abortions (a condition they assert is a reflection of their religious beliefs and an exercise of their religion) and conduct an individualized assessment of every request for those procedures." In other words, doctors would have to argue on an individual basis their refusal of a patient. This ruling is unconscionable. Such actions and the decision-makers who institutionalize discrimination must be stopped.