Seventeen states are demanding the United States government to repeal section 504 of the 1973 rehabilitation law. This fundamental law protects people with discrimination from discrimination by federal agencies and for schools, hospitals, medical offices and other entities that receive federal funds or accept state medical insurance. A precursor of the ADA, section 504 provides the basis of civil rights.
He lawsuit It is positioned as a response to the added language in 2024 on gender dysphoria, but at the end of the presentation, the states request that the entire rule declare itself unconstitutional. If this happens, the disability community would lose important updates of 2024 to the rule that:
• Prohibit discrimination in medical treatment based on stereotypes about the quality of life, the judgments that an individual will be a burden for others or beliefs that the life of an individual with disabilities has less value than the life of a person No disabilities. These include, for example, decisions on life maintenance treatment, organ transplantation and emergency ration attention.
• Adopt the accessibility standards of the US Access Board in two years.
• Improve the 50 -year law in Other key forms.
Disability organizations, including UNITED SPINALS ASSOCIATIONThey are mobilizing for the fight. The Education and Disability Rights Defense Fund How can you take action If you live in one of the states that demand the federal government.
New mobility It is collecting its stories to express how important section 504 to maintain our legal rights to the educational opportunity, accessible medical care and the inclusion of the community. The repeal or erosion of 504 could establish a precedent that invests decades of civil rights profits.
What would your life be like section 504? Comment below or send your story to tsherer@unitedSpinal.org.
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