US Judge Blocks Biden Rule Adding Gender Identity Protections to Healthcare By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule Friday that redefines "sex" in federal healthcare nondiscrimination law to include "gender identity," causing critics to cry ...

The rule was meant to carry out the anti-discrimination section of the Affordable Care Act, which bars sex discrimination in health care but does not use the term “gender identity." Democrats ...

A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule against discrimination on the basis of gender identity in healthcare while he hears a lawsuit challenging it by ...

The state filed the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 6, shortly after the rule was finalized.

The state filed the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on May 6, shortly after the rule was finalized.

Sex and gender-identity based discrimination among any health program or activity funded by the Department of Health and Human Services would be banned under a new proposed rule from the agency, a ...

The proposed rule would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity by health care providers that receive federal funding. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg WASHINGTON ...

Illustration of gender pronouns by Ekaterina Tveitan via iStock for WMNF News. By Jim Saunders ©2025 The News Service of Florida. TALLAHASSEE — Shortly after the Biden administration issued a ...

Healthcare proponents are urging HHS not to finalize a proposed change to the ACA's anti-discrimination provisions, warning it could severely narrow protections for LGBTQ individuals.

A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a new rule against discrimination on the basis of gender identity in healthcare while he hears a lawsuit challenging it by ...