A number of health clinics, hospitals and a university have joined the state of North Dakota in a lawsuit against a new federal regulation that demands that doctors – all of the estimated 900,000 in America – be ready, willing and able to perform gender-transition procedures on children.
That’s even if the physician believes such treatment could harm the child.
The federal regulation, announced earlier this year, is the target of a lawsuit filed by the clients of the Becket Fund.
“No doctor should be forced to perform a procedure that he or she believes will harm a child,” said Lori Windham, a senior counsel for the group. “Decisions on a child’s medical treatment should be between families and their doctors, not dictated by politicians and government bureaucrats.”...