The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked attempts by the Biden administration to force religious hospitals and doctors to perform gender transition surgeries.
The largest faith-based professional healthcare association in the U.S. is celebrating a final victory in its federal court case to protect the religious rights of its members. They were fighting a government mandate that would have forced them to perform gender-transition procedures or abortions against their conscience and best medical judgment.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the lower court's decision in Franciscan Alliance v Becerra that protects doctors from having to perform "gender affirmation" [.]