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Discrimination because of transgender identity

Federal Court Enjoins HHS & EEOC From Requiring Catholic Plaintiffs to Perform or Provide Gender Transition Services

January 23, 2021

Ruling on the last full day of the Trump Administration, one of the federal trial judges appointed by the outgoing president ruled that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bars the federal government from enforcing the non-discrimination requirement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Section 1557 or Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Catholic plaintiffs to require them either to fund or perform gender transition procedures.  Religious Sisters of Mercy v. … <Read More>

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Tags: ACLU, Affordable Care Act, American Civil Liberties Union, Biden Administration, Bostock v. Clayton County, Department of Health and Human Services, discrimination because of gender identity, discrimination because of sex, Discrimination because of transgender identity, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, exclusion of gender transition from health insurance coverage, Justice Neil Gorsuch, religious exemption from compliance with anti-discrimination laws, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religious Sisters of Mercy v. Azar, Section 1557 of the ACA, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Trump Administration, U.S. District Court for North Dakota, U.S. District Judge Peter D. Welte, US Supreme Court

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Arthur S. Leonard, a professor at New York Law School since 1982, edits the monthly newsletter Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, and is co-author of Sexuality Law (Carolina Academic Press) and AIDS Law in a Nutshell (West Publishing Co.). He writes on legal issues for Gay City News (New York), and serves as a trustee of the Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services of New York.


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