The Trump administration has stopped yet another part of Joe Biden’s radical abortion agenda. Trump has officially stopped a rule Biden put in place to promote abortion using HIPPA.
The Biden administration issued regulations that illegally restrict how doctors can protect patients from the harms of abortion and “gender transition.” Before Trump became president, a federal court granted a Texas doctor an injunction against the rules — but the rules were still in place.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed suit on behalf of a Texas physician in October to challenge rule changes by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The changes to regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act added unprecedented restrictions on doctors’ ability to report abuse and states’ ability to protect children from abortion and harmful drugs and surgeries related to gender confusion. Without authority from the HIPAA statute, the new rule redefined “person” and “public health” to exclude unborn children, and it limited how doctors and law enforcement protect patients from abuse when it involves abortion.
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Now, Alliance Defending Freedom says the Trump administration has moved to dismiss the lawsuit and allow the Biden rule to go out of effect.
Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Natalie Thompson told LifeNews she was happy about the voluntary dismissal two city governments and a medical advocacy group filed Thursday in Purl v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, freeing doctors around the country to safeguard the health and safety of mothers and children.
“Doctors and states should be able to protect patients from abuse, and we’re pleased to bring this case to a favorable end on behalf of the Texas physician we represent, as well as every other doctor across the country. This unlawful rule change would have weaponized laws about privacy that have nothing to do with abortion or gender identity. The Biden administration attempted to undermine state laws that protect mothers and unborn children from the harms of abortion, and vulnerable children from dangerous and sterilizing procedures like puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and life-altering surgeries.”
In June, a federal district court issued a permanent ruling eliminating the Biden-era regulations that illegally restricted how doctors can protect patients from the harms of abortion and “gender transition.” ADF attorneys filed the lawsuit in 2024 on behalf of a Texas physician. The Trump administration declined to appeal the court’s decision that the regulations are illegal. The city governments and advocacy group filed an appeal to try to reinstate the rule; their dismissal Thursday brings the case to an end.
The previous administration’s changes to rules under HIPAA added unprecedented restrictions on doctors’ ability to report abuse and on states’ ability to protect children from abortion and gender-transition drugs and surgeries. Without authority from the HIPAA statute, the new rule redefined “person” and “public health” to exclude unborn children and limited how doctors and law enforcement can protect patients from abuse when it involves abortion or gender-transition procedures.
ADF attorneys represent Texas family physician Carmen Purl, M.D., who won a preliminary injunction against the previous administration’s rule changes because she wants to protect her patients by reporting suspected abuse and to safeguard the health and safety of mothers and children.
