Posted on 12/31/2016 9:21:37 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A federal judge in Texas on Saturday issued a court order barring enforcement of an Obama administration policy seeking to extend anti-discrimination protections under the Affordable Care Act to transgender health and abortion-related services.
The decision sides with Texas, seven other states and three Christian-affiliated healthcare groups challenging a rule that, according to the judge, defines sex bias to include "discrimination on the basis of gender identity and termination of pregnancy."
In granting an injunction one day before the new policy was to take effect, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor held that it violates the Administrative Procedure Act, a federal law governing rule-making practices....
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Trump effect.
No. Texas effect.
Guess I’ll put off the surgery for another year.
That or use the weed cutters.
Happy New Year’s Vet.
I’ve enjoyed your threads for 2 years now :)
I think it’s two years. Doesn’t really matter after 40!
Sanity reigns again.
I’ll be 57 in February.
Early happy birthday :)
I’m only 9 behind you. Less than 9 as I will be 49 in May.
I keep reading how 50 is the new 30. Doesn’t feel like it! :)
30 must’ve really sucked back in the day if so, lol.
ROFL!!!!
I did a spinning wheel at a bar for a free drink at 30.
Thing spun me around FAST. If you didn’t lose your stomach, you got a free drink.
Not only would i lose my Stomach now, I’d lose my heartbeat!!!
“...50 is the new 30.”
And based on the rising age of adults living with their parents, I suppose you could also say:
...30 is the new 10.
There are over 100 vacant federal judiciary seats which Trump will fill with conservative judges.
lol!
In maturity levels too.
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