A Texas court has struck down a White
House healthcare mandate that would reportedly force doctors to perform
transgender surgeries on patients (including children) … even if it’s against
the doctor’s medical judgment.
The court ruling comes after 8-states,
an association of nearly 18,000 doctors, and a Catholic hospital system
challenged the federal regulation.
“This is a common-sense ruling: The
government has no business forcing private doctors to perform procedures on
children that the government itself recognizes can be harmful …” said Lori
Windham, senior counsel at Becket Law (which filed a lawsuit against the new
federal regulation). “Today’s ruling
ensures that doctors’ best medical judgment will not be replaced with political
agendas and bureaucratic interference,” she added.
The new regulation, if implemented,
would have cost healthcare providers and taxpayers nearly $1-billion and forced
close to 90,000 U.S. doctors to adhere to providing surgery for children and
adults who want sex reassignment surgery.
Research shows that 94% percent of
children with gender dysphoria grow out of it and lead naturally healthy lives
without the need for surgery or lifelong hormones.
“This court ruling is an across-the-board
victory that will ensure that the deeply personal medical decision of a gender
transition procedure remain between families and their doctor,” said Windham.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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