The Biden administration has declined to appeal a U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that struck down its transgender mandate requiring all doctors and hospitals to perform gender transition procedures.
In August, the Fifth Circuit court, which has jurisdiction over Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, unanimously upheld a lower court’s ruling in the case, which protected around 19,000 health care professionals in Franciscan Alliance, a Catholic health care network, from being forced to perform medical procedures against their conscience and best medical judgment.
The deadline to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court of United States passed on Nov. 25, which means the lower court’s ruling is now final….