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Gender-Affirming Care for Minors: Executive Order 14187 and Its Implications for Hospitals and Health Systems

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President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14187, “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” represents a significant shift in federal policy regarding gender-affirming care (GAC) for minors....more

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Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Issued on Executive Order Limiting Gender-Affirming Care

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On March 4, 2025, a federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction to an executive order restricting access to gender-affirming care for individuals under the age of nineteen (the Executive Order)....more

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Federal Judge Extends Block on Executive Orders Limiting Gender-Affirming Care

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On January 28, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order restricting access to gender affirming care for individuals under the age of nineteen (the Executive Order). Within two weeks of its issuance, two federal courts...more

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Two Federal Courts Issue Injunctions Temporarily Blocking Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Access to Gender Affirming Care

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On January 28, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14187, directed at limiting gender-affirming care provided to children and teenagers under the age of nineteen, alerting that the federal government “will not fund,...more

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Courts Invalidate ACA Regulations Following Demise of Chevron Deference

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Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn its landmark 1984 Chevron decision, three district courts have struck down provisions in nondiscrimination regulations under the Affordable Care Act that prohibit...more

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Loper Bright Leads to Section 1557 Stay

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On July 3, 2024, Judge Louis Guirola, Jr. of the federal district court in Mississippi issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from “enforcing, relying on,...more

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Federal Court Judge Block Blocks Temporarily HHS’s Enforcement of Revised ACA Anti-Sex Discrimination Rules, Restores ACA...

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On August 17, 2020 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of N.Y. preliminarily enjoined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) from enforcing provisions of its June 2020 final Section 1557...more

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“Because of Bostock” – Court Delays HHS Rule Re-interpreting Section 1557 Discrimination “Because of Sex”

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One day before an updated rule of the US Department of Health and Human Services regarding Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act took effect, the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York...more

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Texas Court Enjoins Enforcement of Regulation that Would Forbid Discrimination in Healthcare on the Basis of Gender Identity and...

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As LGBTQ rights have taken center stage in political and social issues, FordHarrison has been following ground-breaking litigation related to LGBTQ rights and providing updates. In the latest decision, a federal judge in...more

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The Ball Dropped on New Year’s Eve for Some ACA Section 1557 Nondiscrimination Rules

Some employers may want to reconsider their approach to gender transition benefits after a federal court enjoined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from enforcing its 2016 nondiscrimination regulations...more

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Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of Section 1557’s Gender-Identity Protections in Healthcare

On New Year’s Eve, a federal court in the Northern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against two related HHS interpretations of the final Nondiscrimination rule issued under Section 1557 of the...more

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