and they voted to pass the legislation, 38 to 26. once the bill s side, minnesot will join states lik california and colorado in providing free meals to kids so, she won that, senator. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow in december, it was about parental rights. a federal judge in texas ruled that a grant program designe to provide birth control t kids from low income familie was unconstitutional because that program violated parental rights the judge wrote, the court finds no compelling government interest justifies dependenc defendants disregard o plaintiffs parental rights i this case. in november, it was abou discrimination on the basis of sex. that same federal judge signed with lawyers associated with former president trump advisor stephen miller the judge decided that obamacare and title ix ruling agains discrimination
the judge decided that obamacare and title ix ruling agains discrimination on the basis of sex did not protect lgbtq plus patients from discrimination thereby enabling doctors t deny patients gender affirming care in 2021 it was about irreparable harm to libert interests. the same texas judge blocked the biden administration fro acquiring covid vaccines for texas hospital and nursing hom staff. he cited the fifth circuit i asserting a public interest in maintaining the liberty of individuals to make intensel personal decisions according t their own convictions. all of the reasons this judg gave for those rulings sound like arguments that could be made in favor of protectin reproductive rights. but instead, all of thes rulings were in favor of conservative interests and they were all written by trump appointed judge matthe kacsmaryk. conservative lawyers hav described chasm eric as