Posted on 10/16/2019 11:49:16 AM PDT by Morgana
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Obamacare’s special protections for transgender individuals and women who choose to have abortions violate religious freedom.
Judge Reed O’Connor of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, a George W. Bush appointee, overturned the protections by vacating the Obama-era rule that banned health insurers and providers who receive federal taxpayer funds from denying coverage or treatment to any individual based on sex, gender identity, or termination of pregnancy.
As the Hill noted, Reed is the same judge who ruled last December that Obamacare in its entirety is unconstitutional.
In January 2017 – in a challenge to the rule brought by the Franciscan Alliance – a federal court issued a nationwide injunction against enforcement of Obamacare regulations that refer to gender identity and termination of pregnancy.
The plaintiffs argued the regulations would require physicians to perform procedures that would force them to violate their deeply held faith beliefs.
They further argued that the definition of sex should be the indisputable biological differences between males and females as acknowledged at or prior to birth, rather than a definition fabricated by transgender ideology. The plaintiffs also said the Obamacare regulations would require healthcare providers to perform or refer patients for abortion services in order to avoid sex discrimination on the basis of termination of pregnancy.
The injunction prohibited the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from enforcing some of Obamacare’s requirements as they pertain to persons who claim to be of a gender that is incompatible with their biological sex.
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dead had a funny one years ago
Guy had a “Gone Squatchin’” hat.
I am not an engineer but I believe that physics teaches that the object with the most mass usually suffers less damage in a collision, all other factors being equal.
More energy transferred from the larger body of mass to the smaller body of mass, rather than vice-versa.
Never saw that before, LOL.
hey now, he has serious defenders here!
Was kinda embarrassed to post it but then, fiddle ...
Winning
Why? There are 1000 guys here who would post it without giving it a second thought. Of course they are all juvenile delinquents, but still...
R/Janey
That’s the wrong ruling.
It should be that the Obama Administration simply made up a protected class outside of the law.
oh but I have.
Well that statement that guys would do it without hesitation therefor thinking .... hmm
There it is!
yep
YOU GUYS ARE KILLING ME LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After those last Democrat debates it’s clearly time for Big Mike..
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