Texas AG files lawsuit to stop rule ‘forcing’ healthcare providers to perform gender transitions
The states of Texas and Montana have teamed up in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and multiple members of the Biden Administration in an attempt to terminate controversial policies surrounding gender affirming surgeries. The states of Texas and Montana have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) and members of the Biden Administration in an attempt to end new policies regarding gender-affirming surgeries. The lawsuit stems from a new rule added under 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act addressing medical discrimination on the basis of gender. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that this shift in the law forces state governments to fund gender transition procedures through Medicaid programs, and that it could lead to the threat of federal healthcare funds being withdrawn if providers refuse these procedures. He called the rule "unconstitutional" and stated that it relies on "a misapplication of the AffordableCare Act".
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The states of Texas and Montana have teamed up in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as well as multiple members of the Biden Administration in an attempt to terminate new policies surrounding gender-affirming surgeries.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a statement, which explained that the lawsuit stems from a new rule that was added under 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last month.
The section in question addresses medical discrimination on the basis of gender. The Biden Administration has issued protections that apply to both gender identity and sexual orientation as opposed to just the sex someone is assigned at birth.
Through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the administration included specific protections for transgender people, including saying that providers can’t deny transition care that would be provided to other people for other purposes. It does, however, allow for some providers to make religious freedom claims.
Paxton argued that this shift in the law forces state governments to fund gender transition procedures through Medicaid programs. He also expressed concerns that the law will force healthcare providers to perform these procedures with the threat of stripping federal healthcare funds if they refuse.
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He called the rule “unconstitutional” and said it relies on “a misapplication of the Affordable Care Act.”
“This is yet another example of Joe Biden trying to sidestep the Constitution and use agency rulemaking to advance unpopular, unlawful, and destructive policies,” Attorney General Paxton said in the statement. “We are suing to stop the Biden Administration from withholding federal healthcare funds to force medical professionals to perform these experimental and dangerous procedures.”
This article was made in collaboration with a report by The Texas Tribune.
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