Judge Enjoins ACA Rule Defining ‘Sex’ As Including Gender Transition

(January 5, 2017, 3:23 PM EST) -- DALLAS — A rule formulated under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanding the federal definition of sex discrimination as including declining insurance coverage of gender transition surgery oversteps federal agency powers, a federal judge in Texas held Dec. 31 in issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction (Franciscan Alliance Inc., et al. v. Sylvia Burwell, et al., No. 16-108, N.D. Texas)....

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