NEW ORLEANS (CNS) The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans heard oral arguments Aug. 4 in Franciscan Alliance v. Becerra, a challenge to a federal mandate that requires doctors to perform gender transition procedures even if this violates their conscience and medical judgment. Franciscan Alliance and the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration seek to carry on Jesus Christ s healing ministry by providing the best possible care to every person who comes through our doors,
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit brought by nearly 20,000 religious physicians challenging the Department of Health and Human Services rule they say requires doctors to perform gender transition procedures against their conscience.
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