A Texas federal district court permanently enjoined enforcing anti-discrimination provisions to compel health care providers to act against their conscience.
On August 9, 2021, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Wichita Falls Division, on remand from the 5th Circuit, rendered an important decision, where it stated that provisions of the Affordable Care Act and anti-discrimination laws cannot be enforced against Christian health care providers that refuse to perform abortions or gender transition procedures.
The Affordable Care Act (so-called Obamacare), as promulgated by the Obama administration, had been interpreted to the effect that there was no religious exception allowing certain heath care providers to refuse to provide abortion or gender transition services…
