ACPeds Challenges HHS Gender Transition Mandate
… Biden administration mandate that requires doctors to perform gender transition procedures on any patient, including a child
… ADF attorneys filed suit in federal court
… no matter a doctor’s medical judgment, religious beliefs, or conscientious objection
… “innate and immutable binary trait
… No drugs or surgeries can change a person’s sex”
… “Puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones combined will sterilize many youth and cause them to develop serious chronic illnesses”
… “Biden’s Health and Human Services department is grossly overreaching its authority”
… “huge financial penalties, withdrawal of federal funding, or removal of their ability to practice medicine—is an extreme violation of doctors’ constitutional rights”
Lawsuit
