Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 24, 2025 / 17:31 pm

A federal judge struck down a regulation imposed by President Joe Biden’s administration, saying the administration was “redefining sex discrimination.”

The Biden administration adopted the rule through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. The ACA authorized the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement rules that prohibit “sex” discrimination as understood through the 1972 Title IX Education Amendments.

Biden’s administration interpreted the ban on “sex” discrimination to also imply a prohibition on discriminating against a person on the basis of sex characteristics, including “sexual orientation; gender identity; and sex stereotypes.” Neither Title IX nor the ACA define “sex” in this way.

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