An appeals court ruling that the federal government can’t force Christian health-care professionals to perform transgender-related care may give conservatives an opening to challenge abortion access in states where the procedure is still legal.
The Department of Health and Human Services doesn’t have the authority to require professionals to provide services and procedures they object to based on religious beliefs, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said in an opinion Friday, affirming an order from a lower court.
The most relevant part of the opinion, as it relates to abortion, was in upholding the district court’s determination ...
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