Like 5th Circuit, 8th Circuit strikes down Biden's transgender mandate

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis Dec. 9 permanently blocked a transgender mandate the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had implemented as a revision to the Affordable Care Act.

The mandate forces doctors and hospitals to perform gender-transition procedures on their patients even if this violates their conscience and best medical judgment.

The 8th Circuit concluded the mandate violates a key federal law protecting religious liberty -- the Relig

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