A federal judge has ruled that an attempt by President Joe Biden administration’s to force health care providers to not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation is illegal.
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibits discrimination “on the basis of sex.”
The Supreme Court in 2020 ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County that “sex” in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 includes sexual orientation and gender identity, which means that firing employees for being gay or transgender is against the law.
Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Biden appointee, announced in 2021 that the administration was including on the basis of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” under “on the basis of sex” from the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare….