On Tuesday, July 9, a Mississippi federal judge “ordered a nationwide injunction blocking” the new HHS rule forcing the states to pay for transgender medical interventions.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has “made it clear it wants so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ available to all – including young children.”
It appears that HHS is so in tune with providing “transgender” medical interventions that it is “willing to try and make it so that medical professionals are unable to turn away patients seeking gender procedures,” reported the Daily Signal.
HHS has changed the definition of “sex discrimination” to include “discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,” according to The Hill.
HHS not only overstepped its administrative role, it is abusing its legal authority to enforce transgender beliefs on not only doctors, but the American people. HHS has also mandated that funding for healthcare providers that do not perform, or affirm, transgender surgeries could potentially be lost or withheld. It’s also mandated that states will have to pay the cost of the irreversible procedures.
This means that no matter the religious, moral, or political convictions providers have, they must adhere to the rule.
The response to this HHS mandate has gained traction among many states, resulting in a lawsuit against the Biden administration to block providers hand being forced to support life-altering surgeries.
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has taken up this case representing the American College of Pediatricians, and the seven original states listed in the lawsuit: Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Missouri. Since then, a few other states have joined.
ADF Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake stated, “The Biden administration’s attempt to hijack medicine is the latest example of its unlawful overreach.”
This case is not the first case in which something like this has happened. States like Tennessee, Florida and Texas have already successfully sued the administration, persuading federal judges to block the rule being implemented in the states.
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