Midnight Suits Over Biden Health Rules Pave Way for Trump Agenda

Feb. 27, 2025, 10:05 AM UTC

Conservative states and groups are turning to the courts to cut down Biden-era transgender and abortion rules, clearing a path for a new regulatory regime as the Trump administration gets underway.

Rules from President Joe Biden‘s administration interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act as shielding transgender people from health discrimination, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act as protecting patient abortion records, are among those opponents are trying to persuade courts to tear down.

Filed by over a dozen states and the Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, the trio of lawsuits came just days before ...

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