WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) this week wrote to Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights Paula M. Stannard in strong opposition to the Department of Health and Human Services' (the Department) proposed revision of regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 that would exclude gender dysphoria from the definition of "disability." Gender dysphoria is a recognized psychological diagnosis characterized by significant and often disabling distress.
The Department's harmful proposal, if finalized, would leverage ...