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NCTE Commends CDC’s Clarified Breast Cancer Screening Policy

Started by Natasha, December 22, 2013, 03:49:38 AM

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NCTE Commends CDC's Clarified Breast Cancer Screening Policy

http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/ncte-commends-cdcs-clarified-breast-cancer-screening-policy/
Advancing Transgender Equality
12/20/13

The CDC's clarified policy comes in response to an uninsured transgender woman in Colorado who, in October 2013, was denied access to a breast cancer screening under a federal program administered by the CDC. Her provider pointed to an earlier CDC newsletter stating that its program excluded women who are "not genetically female."
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