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U.S. judge blocks transgender, abortion-related Obamacare protections
Reuters ^ | December 31, 2016 | Steve Gorman

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 ...


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: abortion; alreuters; gaynewsrooms; homosexualagenda; obamacare; pinkjournalism; texas; thevaporsdemshazthem; transgenders

1 posted on 12/31/2016 9:21:37 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump effect.


2 posted on 12/31/2016 9:25:10 PM PST by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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To: Westbrook

No. Texas effect.


3 posted on 12/31/2016 9:26:15 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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!


4 posted on 12/31/2016 9:28:26 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sanity reigns again.


5 posted on 12/31/2016 9:31:54 PM PST by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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To: dp0622

I’ll be 57 in February.


6 posted on 12/31/2016 9:48:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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! :)


7 posted on 12/31/2016 10:04:42 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

30 must’ve really sucked back in the day if so, lol.


8 posted on 12/31/2016 10:08:43 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

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!!!


9 posted on 12/31/2016 10:10:50 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

“...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.


10 posted on 12/31/2016 11:24:47 PM PST by BuddhaBrown (Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There are over 100 vacant federal judiciary seats which Trump will fill with conservative judges.


11 posted on 01/01/2017 4:11:23 AM PST by FrdmLvr ("A is A. A thing is what it is.)
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To: BuddhaBrown

lol!

In maturity levels too.


12 posted on 01/01/2017 5:10:04 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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