23 States Sue HHS Over Rollback of Anti-Discrimination Protections In Health Care

Attorneys general representing 22 states and the District of Columbia filed suit yesterday challenging the Trump Administration's recently-adopted rules under the Affordable Care Act and under Title IX which roll back anti-discrimination provisions protecting, among others, transgender individuals and those who have accessed abortion services. The complaint (full text) in State of New York v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (SD NY, filed 7/20/2020), contends that the new rules deny equal protection of the laws and that their adoption was in violation of various provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Courthouse News Service reports on the lawsuit. New York's Attorney General issued a press release announcing the filing of the lawsuit.