Clinic Takes Aim at HHS Rule Over Transgender Care Requirement

A Mississippi children’s clinic is suing the Biden administration, alleging it forced the clinic to provide gender-affirming surgeries via a federal rule.

The lawsuit follows another legal challenge to a recent US Department of Health and Human Services rule brought by the state of Florida and others. Plaintiffs in both cases are represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal group currently battling with the Biden administration at the US Supreme Court over access to the abortion drug mifepristone.

The most recent lawsuit was filed Monday by McComb Children’s Clinic LTD in the US District Court for the Southern ...