States, hospitals challenge HHS gender transition care rule in court

Modern Healthcare: A slew of states, hospitals and thousands of medical professionals sued HHS on Tuesday to challenge its controversial gender transition care rule for violating religious and states' rights. Texas and four other states joined forces with the Franciscan Alliance, a Roman Catholic hospital system headquartered in Mishawaka, Ind., and 17,000 medical professionals to allege HHS is forcing them to ignore their medical judgment and sovereign rights to determine medical care coverage.

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