Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, called the new regulation “an underhanded attack on the health and lives of patients,” and pledged to fight it.

“This rule allows anyone from a doctor to a receptionist to entities like hospitals and pharmacies to deny a patient critical – and sometimes lifesaving – care. Personal beliefs should never determine the care a patient receives. This is a vicious and underhanded attack on the health and lives of patients, particularly targeting women and LGBTQ individuals. We will fight against it until all patients get the care they deserve.”