A federal judge Aug. 9 in Texas blocked a federal order requiring medical facilities and health insurers to cover or provide gender transition procedures and abortion.
U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas granted a permanent injunction in the case brought by Catholic health care system Franciscan Alliance, an association of more than 20,000 health care professionals and nine states.
A federal court in North Dakota issued a similar ruling on the requirement, known as the Transgender Mandate, in January after the Obama-era order was reinstated by the Biden administration.
The Biden administration will have 60 days to decide whether to appeal the court’s ruling.
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