Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined her fellow attorneys general from Mississippi and Tennessee to announce a victory in a multistate lawsuit challenging a Biden-era HHS rule that would have coerced healthcare providers into providing sex-change procedures. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi agreed with the fifteen-state coalition that HHS exceeded its authority by redefining unlawful “sex” discrimination under the Affordable Care Act to include discrimination on the basis of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” 

"We joined this coalition to fight against the radical gender ideology mandates and requirements imposed by President Biden and his administration. Glad that the federal court agreed with my colleagues and I on this issue," said Attorney General Liz Murrill.

The Court explains, “Congress only contemplated biological sex when it enacted Title IX in 1972. Therefore, the Court finds that HHS exceeded its authority by implementing regulations redefining sex discrimination and prohibiting gender-identity discrimination.” 

Joining Louisiana in fighting this in court, led by Tennessee and Mississippi, is Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Court ordered universal vacatur, applying to all states, not just the plaintiff-states.

A copy of the final order can be found here.