ruling came Wednesday in a case brought by Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C., and other health organizations that serve many LGBTQ+ clients, represented by Lambda Legal and the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson.Judge James E.
Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction, which blocks enforcement of two key portions of a rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, headed by Secretary Alex Azar, in June governing the interpretation of section 1557 of the ACA.
One of them narrowed the definition of sex discrimination and the other granted a broad exemption for health care providers to deny services by citing the provider’s religious.