Judge Blocks Trump Policy Removing LGBTQ Health Care Protections
newsweek.comfinalized on June 12 and set to go into effect on Tuesday. Block said the rules likely contradict a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision that was issued three days later, finding that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are included in protections against workplace discrimination on the basis of sex."When the Supreme Court announces a major decision, it seems a sensible thing to pause and reflect on the decision's impact," Block wrote in his order. "Since HHS has been unwilling to take that path voluntarily, the court now imposes it."Get your unlimited Newsweek trial >The HHS rules would have removed language drafted under the Obama administration and offered a definition of "sex" as strictly male or female "as determined by biology.".
