Remember the outrage caused by Trump's controversial “Muslim ban” order and his plan for refugees? Remember the massive street protests and level of outrage such policies caused and the major demonstrations that took place across the country? World leaders came out to denounce the policies as inward-looking and bigoted. Comment pieces abounded about how unacceptable they were.

Yet this week the most disastrous piece of legislation for women's health imaginable – Trumpcare, or the American Health Care Act, as it’s officially known – was passed by the House of Representatives. Shamefully, the level of outrage, street demonstrations and genuine opposition reached nowhere near the same levels as we saw when Muslims and refugees were the targets.

Make no mistake: this new piece of legislation specifically disadvantages women. In fact, at the heart of it lies the idea that being a woman is a chronic medical condition and a liability. Through an amendment to the AHCA, introduced by Republican Tom MacArthur of New Jersey, insurance companies will be able to charge women more if their medical histories include “pre-existing conditions”, including pregnancy, a Caesarean section, infertility treatment and postnatal depression. It will allow states to define sexual assault and domestic violence as “pre-existing conditions”.

Many of the pre-existing conditions that could lead to people paying more for their healthcare will disproportionately affect women. In addition, the bill prevents the use of federal tax credits for any health plan that includes abortion coverage, making it harder for women to have affordable abortions, having an even greater impact on women and families from low income. While simply being pregnant can lead to a woman’s insurance premium skyrocketing, male-only problems such as erectile dysfunction will not be counted as “pre-existing conditions”. This is simple sexism.

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While Republicans gleefully shook hands and celebrated in the rose garden, many others could not believe the calamity unfolding before their eyes. Opposition and protests are taking place, yet it had me wondering why it hadn't caused the same level of outrage as policies directing affecting Muslims and refugees. Why haven’t our MPs and political leaders treated such a bill as an affront to humanity and queued up to condemn it? Why are some of my fellow men, who were so vocal and critical of all other policies emanating from Trump, not so vocal now?

The sad reality is that sexism is so normalised we rarely ever bother to question it. Whether it be everyday sexism or institutionalised sexist policy, the bar for tackling sexism seems to have been set much higher. We don’t challenge anything unless it’s such undeniable, outright misogyny that to ignore it would be impossible. Some men have come to believe that as long as you yourself don't treat women badly or hold sexist views, that’s all that matters. But that isn’t enough in the age of Donald Trump.

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Irrespective of how decent many men may well be, we all have a moral responsibility to do something about it. It’s not simply good enough to show that we personally abhor Trump’s views and policies. We have to talk about how sexism underpins his plans for healthcare across America.