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B.C. Doctor Ordered to Pay $28K for Refusing Trans Teen's Hormone Shot

Canada's human rights system has weighed in after a British Columbia doctor refused to give a transgender teen a prescribed hormone blocker injection. The doctor has now been ordered to pay $28,100 in damages.

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B.C. Doctor Ordered to Pay $28K for Refusing Trans Teen's Hormone Shot
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What Happened

A British Columbia family doctor has been ordered to pay $28,100 after refusing to administer a prescribed hormone blocker injection to a transgender teenager. The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found the doctor's refusal, which the physician said was based on religious and cultural reasons, amounted to discrimination.

What We Don't Know Yet

The source report does not name the doctor, the clinic involved, or provide further detail on the tribunal's reasoning. We'll update this story if more information becomes available.

Source: CBC News

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