Federal judge strikes Biden-era ban on transgender care discrimination

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a former President Biden-era rule that extended federal health anti-discrimination protections to gender-affirming care. Judge Louis Guiroloa Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled in favor of a coalition of 16 GOP-led states that had sued over the rule, which broadened sex discrimination by adding sex and gender identity to the list of protected characteristics in certain health...