The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn a lower court’s ruling that prevents the Biden administration from forcing gender transitioning care on religious hospitals and health care providers who object to the procedures on the basis of their faith.
The Justice Department argued that a lower court struck down the Obama administration’s 2016 rule under the Affordable Care Act that required health care programs receiving federal funds not to discriminate on the basis of sex, which would include gender identity. The administration contends that its new rule is different from the 2016 regulation.