Court blocks Biden transgender mandate to force religious hospitals to facilitate gender transitions

BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2022/12/court-blocks-biden-transgender-mandate-to-force-religious-hospitals-to-facilitate-gender-transitions;

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A win for religious freedom in the face of an American President who prioritizes the far-Left agenda over the rights of Americans.

Let’s also hope that “gender-affirming care” can be stopped for underage kids; it is nothing short of child abuse.

“Transgender Mandate: Court Blocks Biden Mandate Forcing Religious Hospitals to Facilitate Gender Transitions,” by Caroline Downey, National Review, December 9, 2022:

A federal court on Friday blocked a Biden administration mandate that would force religious hospitals and doctors to facilitate gender transitions against their sincerely held moral convictions.

The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision to block enforcement of the rule on the grounds that “intrusion upon the Catholic Plaintiffs’ exercise of religion is sufficient to show irreparable harm,” the filing reads.

Catholic nuns, clinics, a university, and hospitals were among the plaintiffs in the case, represented by the Becket Fund. The plaintiffs all provide medical care for transgender patients but refuse to provide gender-transition surgeries because they believe them to be harmful. Their grant of permanent injunctive relief from the lower court was preserved Friday.

Friday’s ruling, which originated in North Dakota, is one of a twin set of cases challenging the Biden mandate. The second, which originated in Texas, was decided in August by the Fifth Circuit court, which also permanently blocked the rule. The plaintiffs in the Texas case included Christian medical associations of thousands of doctors who are now protected from federal encroachment into their practices.

“We now have two different federal court of appeals saying the Biden administration is permanently blocked from forcing religious doctors and hospitals” to perform gender transitions in violation of their conscience, Luke Goodrich, attorney with the Becket Fund, said during a call with reporters….