Published 11:57 IST, August 18th 2020

US federal judge blocks Trump's discriminatory LGBTQ healthcare regulation

US District Judge Frederic Block of Brooklyn, New York issued a preliminary injunction and halted the rule until the case can be heard in court and decided.

Reported by: Zaini Majeed
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A US federal judge, on August 16, blocked Trump administration from putting into effect new regulation that rolls back n-discriminatory healthcare protection for LGBTQ+ community. District Judge Frederic Block of Brooklyn, New York issued a preliminary injunction and halted rule until case can be heard in court and decided. US Federal Department of Health and Human Services’ controversial regulation was due to go into effect on August 18, according to reports. 

Indicative of reconsideration of proposed rule, Block wrote in order, “When Supreme Court anunces a major decision, it seems a sensible thing to pause and reflect on decision’s impact.” Furr, he stressed, “Since HHS has been unwilling to take that path voluntarily, court w imposes it.” Earlier, US Supreme Court banned discrimination basis sexual orientation of individuals in workplace. On similar lines, US District Court Judge reportedly said that  Trump administration's so-called “trans rule” was invalid and inapplicable in view of Supreme Court’s June ruling.  

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Victory for LGBTQ community and rule of law—House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

HHS healthcare rule, directed at Trump’s conservative supporters ahead of vember 2020 presidential elections seeks to overthrow  Supreme Court's 6-3 decision, Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump minee, wrote in a document, as per a news ncy report. “An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or trans fires that person for traits or actions it would t have questioned in members of different sex," Gorsuch wrote. “Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in decision, exactly what (civil rights law) forbids,” he added. 

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Trump disappointed, Pelosi lauds decision

Taking to Twitter, Trump called Judge’s decision as “horrible & politically charged”, overly disappointed, comparing move with a shotgun blast at conservative republicans. In a statement, Pelosi said, “Judge was unambiguous in ruling that administration’s actions were in blatant violation of Affordable Care Act’s protections and Supreme Court’s recent decision, which affirmed that discrimination ‘on basis of sex’ included sexual orientation and identity,” 

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(With AP Inputs)

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11:58 IST, August 18th 2020