Stop UC from supporting hospitals that prohibit essential care for women and LGBTQ+ people

UC Health is aiming to expand affiliations with hospitals that use religious directives to prohibit the use of contraception, gender-affirming care for transgender people, abortion, and assisted reproductive technology (e.g. sperm/egg donors, IVF).


These policies severely restrict standard-of-care services that are vital, and often life-saving, for millions of our UC patients. Underserved populations are particularly vulnerable to restrictions on care; healthcare systems that prohibit contraception and abortion significantly widen health inequities across the state of California.


We believe religious directives that prohibit essential services for women and LGBTQ+ people are antithetical to our UC values, our public, secular mission, and our commitment to equity, nondiscrimination, and care of the underserved. These restrictive systems of care harm vulnerable populations; UC affiliations with these entities elevate the needs of some patients at the expense of discriminating against others.


We are UC faculty, staff, students, trainees, and alumni sending a letter to UC President Michael Drake to oppose UC affiliations with health systems that prohibit critical services for women and LGBTQ+ people.

We are not alone. We have the support of members of Congress, California elected officials, reproductive justice, LGBTQ, and health equity groups

Letter from members of Congress.pdf
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Letter from LGBTQ elected officials.pdf
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Letter from health equity groups.pdf
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Letter from RJ and LGBTQ groups.pdf
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Letter from LGBTQ groups.pdf
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