The argument they presented in court could also be said for hospital protocols that killed tens of thousands or vaccines that have done the same thing. They took an oath to do no harm, but they’ve been harming for decades. It shouldn’t just be about gender surgery.
From article
A federal appeals court has permanently blocked the Biden administration’s mandate on doctors and hospitals forcing them to perform gender transition procedures against their conscience.
The Eighth Circuit appeals court is the second circuit to block the mandate, after the Fifth Circuit ruled similarly earlier this year in Franciscan Alliance v. Becerra. The plaintiffs, a coalition of Catholic hospitals, a Catholic university, and Catholic nuns who run healthcare clinics for the poor, were represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
“The federal government has no business forcing doctors to violate their consciences or perform controversial procedures that could permanently harm their patients,” Becket vice president and senior counsel Luke Goodrich said in a press release. “This is a common-sense ruling that protects patients, aligns with best medical practice, and ensures doctors can follow their Hippocratic Oath to ‘do no harm.’”
After inheriting the mandate from the Obama administration, the Biden administration sought to force doctors to perform “gender transition” surgeries — mutilation — and prescribe puberty blockers, cross-sex hormone drugs, and other procedures.
Invoking the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Biden administration threatened noncompliant hospitals and doctors with millions of dollars in financial penalties, as it attempted to enforce its redefinition of discrimination on the basis of sex to include gender identity.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the original district court opinion, ruling, “district court correctly held that ‘intrusion upon the Catholic Plaintiffs’ exercise of religion.'”
On a media call Friday afternoon, Goodrich said “today’s decision is a huge win for religious freedom, but not only for religious freedom, but for common sense, and sound medical judgment.”
The ruling is somewhat narrow, in that only the parties in the cases are protected by the permanent injunction. Despite that, the rulings do set a strong precedent for other doctors to obtain similar protections in the future.
“Today’s victory sets an important precedent that religious healthcare professionals are free to practice medicine in accordance with their consciences and experienced professional judgment,” Goodrich said. “The government’s attempt to force doctors to go against their consciences was bad for patients, bad for doctors, and bad for religious liberty.”
The Biden administration has 45 days to ask a full panel of Eighth Circuit judges to rehear the case or 90 days to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Goodrich said on the call that he doubts the Biden administration will go forward with an appeal.
::reads title::
::has literally no trouble instantly believing "Joe Biden" is planning to become the first "woman" president::
::literally believed it, at least for a second::
because Clown World, it wouldn't even be the most shocking thing he announces this week
Don't give dummy any ideas.
I thought the same thing when I read the headline, but then I realized there was never a danger of seeing Josephina show up at the fake White House in a dress.
It would not surprise me, though, after all we've witnessed.
I wonder if Josephina will have dresses made of drapery material like Jill does.
canada has justine.
Hes going to transition into Nancy Pelosi. Or at least thst would be their cover story to get ol nancy into the presidency.
Yea cause he's not of sound mind.
It was hunter who wants the surgery....meth is a hella drug.
The Affordible Care Act was the end of medical freedom. Obama was setting the stage for our destruction and Biden is trying to finish the job. All covid protocols are pushed by the ACA if the doctors/hospitals want to get paid.
Wish Biden would transition to jail!
Wish Biden would transition to the next life, where if he thinks "global warming" is bad, he ain't seen nothin' yet
Good one!
Very good win.
I wonder if applies to doctors regarding abortions or churches not providing them as part of their medical coverage....
Not in this case.
But ... it sets precedence for future lawsuits.
There is no function to a "sex change" surgery, it's basically barbaric plastic surgery, all aesthics with horrible, disgusting side effects, especially male-to-female surgery. I've read and seen these surgeries and they are absolutely horrific. And they want to perform this shit on children.
And they want to force surgeons who don't want to perform the surgeries to perform the surgeries. What could possibly go wrong?
This says permanent. Sounds pretty unappealable to me!
Nah, they didn't appeal cases to the Supreme Court that would allow Roe v. Wade to be overturned until Biden was dumb enough to.
Ha, the title had me thinking we'd be seeing JoeAnn in the WH!
I didn't think Biden would look very good as a woman anyway :)
This sounds really idiotic. Why the hell would anyone want to get a surgery from someone who doesn’t want to do it?
Notice the hospitals weren't fighting this. Also notice how many hospitals in your area have recently done or are doing massive and expensive expansions. One of the hospitals near here, which just did an expansion a few years ago, has since Covid built a huge new hospital in another location.
They will not win.
Dear Lord, thank you.
Next up - forcing brain surgeons to do cardiovascular surgery.