A federal judge struck down a Biden administration regulation that gave federal health care anti-discrimination protections to those seeking transgender-related health care.
Responding to a lawsuit brought by 15 states, U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola of the Southern District of Mississippi issued the ruling on Oct. 22.
Guirola’s ruling affects the entire United States and is not limited to the states that filed the lawsuit.
It is unclear what impact the judge’s order will have, as the regulation had not yet taken effect at the time of the ruling.
The 15 states were Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia….