A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled Tuesday that some of the Affordable Care Act‘s nondiscrimination rules based on gender identity and termination of pregnancy violate providers’ religious freedom.
Judge Reed O’Connor found that these rules, included to prevent health care discrimination, violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
This ruling reaffirms the current status quo that religious health care professionals and insurers can decline to provide transgender individuals the health care or insurance coverage they require based on gender identity.
