WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Mike Rulli, R-Ohio, announced Friday that he is working to put an end to hospitals playing God with people’s lives.

Rulli and Congresswoman Erin Houchin, R-Indiana, introduced the COVID-19 Vaccination Non-Discrimination Act to stop the practice of denying life-saving organ transplants based on a patient’s COVID-19 vaccination status. This issue came to light after 12-year-old Adaline Deal — a child fighting for her life — was blocked from receiving a new heart at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital because she didn’t receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Adaline, who suffers from two serious heart conditions, was adopted from China at the age of 4 by Jeneen Deal and her husband.

“Adoption is one of the most selfless choices a family can make, and these loving parents have every right to determine medical decisions for their children,” the release state.

“This is sick. This is inhumane. This is unacceptable,” Rulli said. “No child should be left to die because of a rigid and politically-driven hospital policy. The science on these vaccines is far from settled, and people deserve the right to make their own medical choices without being condemned to death by hospital bureaucrats.

“This bill puts an end to these disgusting, heartless mandates and makes sure no one is ever denied a transplant over their personal or religious beliefs.”

“Denying a child a life-saving transplant over a COVID-19 vaccine is not science, it’s cruelty,”

Houchin said. “Hospitals exist to save lives, not impose politically-driven medical mandates on vulnerable patients. Families deserve the freedom to make the best medical decisions for their loved ones, without fear of being blacklisted from life-saving care. This bill will put an end to this unjust practice.”