President Joe Biden and his administration were defeated by a group of Republican attorneys general last week regarding a law that would force health care providers to "accept radical gender ideology." 

According to The Daily Wire, a Mississippi-based federal judge intervened and blocked a proposed rule that the Republican AGs said could radically change the healthcare landscape for the worse.

The ruling came down from U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr.

He ruled that President Biden's HHS "expanded its statutory authority when it proposed a rule to expand prohibitions against sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity."

What's going on?

At issue, according to Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti who led the charge against the rule, was that the rule would force states to foot the bill for transgender surgeries for minors.

Skrmetti released a statement in the wake of the federal judge's ruling.

"Today a federal court said no to the Biden administration’s attempt to illegally force every health care provider in America to adopt the most extreme version of gender ideology," Skrmetti said. "The administration has over and over again issued regulations that mangle the law to advance an ideological agenda."

The Tennessee AG celebrated the ruling, noting that it would at least "pause" the Biden admins' rule and provide extra time to rally and ultimately defeat it with a coalition of other Republican-led states.

"This case is just one of many examples of Tennessee working with other states to block the unlawful abuse of regulatory power," Skrmetti added.

"Today’s order puts the rule on pause while we keep fighting to ensure this illegal rule never goes into effect."

Judge's ruling

The Daily Wire noted:

In his decision, Guirola wrote that he was blocking the rule "so far as this final rule is intended to extend discrimination on the basis of sex to include discrimination on the basis of gender identity."

"The Court finds that Plaintiffs have demonstrated that there is a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their claims and that they will suffer irreparable harm in the form of either compliance costs or lost federal funding," the judge wrote.

He added, "The substantial cost of compliance with the 181-page rule weighs in favor of maintaining the status quo. Therefore, Plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are entitled to a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting Defendants from enforcing HHS’s May 2024 Rule."

Hopefully, more states will join the fight and continue to work to protect American children from such atrocities.