Obama Administration Mandate Ordering ‘Sex Change’ Surgeries Is Challenged

‘It has become increasingly apparent that the Obama administration looks upon the First Amendment protections of religious liberty as meaningless — if it contradicts its liberal social agenda.
This is demonstrated in a recent mandate from the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that physicians and other healthcare workers must perform surgeries to “alter” people’s gender. Objections raised on the grounds that the physician views the surgery as harmful to the patient’s mental health, or that the surgeon has religious or ethical objections, do not matter. If surgeons refuse, they can face fines or even the loss of their jobs. The mandate includes surgeries on children.
Thousands of healthcare providers and eight states are now challenging the validity of the federal rule.’
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