The Biden administration declined to appeal a unanimous ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans that struck down a transgender mandate that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has implemented as a revision to the Affordable Care Act.
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“The proposed regulations announce that HHS is also considering whether to force health care workers to perform abortions against their will or lose their jobs. We call on HHS to explicitly disavow any such intent.”
The Biden administration April 20, 2021, appealed a January 2021 ruling that struck down an Obama-era mandate that would force doctors and hospitals to perform gender-transition procedures against their conscience and professional medical judgment.
