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| Federal judge overturns ObamaCare transgender protections |
| 2019-10-16 |
| [The Hill] A federal judge on Tuesday overturned ObamaCare protections for transgender patients, ruling that a 2016 policy violates the religious freedom of Christian providers. Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas vacated an Obama-era regulation that prohibited insurers and providers who receive federal money from denying treatment or coverage to anyone based on sex, gender identity or termination of pregnancy. He was nominated by President George W. Bush in 2007. It also required doctors and hospitals to provide "medically necessary" services to transgender individuals as long as those services were the same ones provided to other patients. O’Connor, the same judge who last year ruled that the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, said the rule violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. His ruling is likely to be appealed. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 I dream of the day when judges will be judged not by the color of their Party, but by the wisdom of their judgments. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-10-16 18:40 |
| #2 Added - nominated by W |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-10-16 12:59 |
| #1 Sanity in the courts at last! It doesn't say who appointed him, but maybe we're seeing the fruit of the Trump appointments begin to appear. |
| Posted by: Tom 2019-10-16 12:07 |