Court overturns Obama law requiring Christian doctors to perform sex change surgeries

In North Dakota, a federal court overturned a law known as the “Transgender Mandate,” which required healthcare professionals to perform sex reassignment surgeries, including on children, despite the fact it violated their beliefs.

The “Transgender Mandate” was annulled and the “Becket Law” was passed in its place, in order to protect the rights of Christian and religious doctors.

According to the Becket Law, the previous mandate (Affordable Care Act), issued in 2016 during the Obama presidency, required health personnel to violate their medical criteria and religious beliefs.

“Now more than ever, Americans are grateful for the sacrifices of our medical professionals who serve on the front lines and use their training and expertise to serve the vulnerable,” said Luke Goodrich, senior counsel at Becket.

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“The court’s decision recognizes our medical heroes’ right to practice medicine in line with their conscience and without politically motivated interference from government bureaucrats.”

In Nov. 2016, Becket had filed the lawsuit on behalf of the Sisters of Mercy and several religious organizations against the provision of the Affordable Care Act.

At that time, the ruling was put on hold, but in 2019 another federal court in Texas overturned it.

In June last year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) passed another directive, although other courts subsequently overturned that new rule.

Tuesday’s ruling is the second from a federal court blocking the Transgender Mandate. The ruling safeguards patients, supports current medical studies, and aims to ensure that medical providers aren’t forced to violate their religious convictions.

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Dr. Ryan Anderson, ormerly with the Heritage Foundation, celebrated this “crucial victory” on Twitter.

Anderson, who has explained that sex change does not always bring happiness to patients who want to have such surgery, pointed out that in the United States, this type of “bad medicine” should not be mandatory.

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The approval of the Becket law over the Transgender Mandat becomes a victory for religious freedom rights in the nation.

Source: CBN News

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