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Judge Stops Sex-Change Obamacare Regulation

Judge Stops Sex-Change Obamacare Regulation

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A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new federal regulation that might have forced doctors to perform sex-change operations and abortions, hours before the measure was going to take effect. On Saturday, December 31, the judge issued a temporary injunction preventing enforcement of the regulation, which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had issued in connection with Obamacare.

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new federal regulation that might have forced doctors to perform sex-change operations and abortions, hours before the measure was going to take effect. On Saturday, December 31, the judge issued a temporary injunction preventing enforcement of the regulation, which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had issued in connection with Obamacare.…