Catholic Groups Argue to Stop Alleged Forced Transgender Care

Two U.S. agencies Wednesday urged the Eighth Circuit to lift an order that, they say, improperly blocks enforcement actions that they may never take against entities that object to providing or paying for transgender health-care services.

Religious groups lacked standing to challenge the U.S. Health and Human Services Department and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s interpretation of how the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1557 and Title VII apply to transgender care, U.S. Department of Justice attorney Ashley Cheung told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit during oral arguments Wednesday.

But Luke Goodrich told Chief Judge Lavenski R. Smith ...