A rule issued by the Biden administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would have revoked a Trump-era rule protecting pro-life medical workers from being required to commit abortions or perform transgender procedures.
The HHS rule change was blocked by the Fifth and Eighth Circuits. In the challenge that came before the Eighth Circuit, a coalition of Catholic organizations sued the Biden administration to prevent the government from enforcing the mandate. After a federal court found the mandate unlawful, the Biden administration appealed its decision. The Eighth Circuit upheld the lower court's decision to block the mandate.
The final deadline for the Biden administration to appeal the Eighth Circuit's decision passed on June 29, preventing the HHS from enforcing the mandate and protecting the conscience rights of pro-life healthcare workers.
