— Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker, one of two transgender women who are
   suing the Trump administration
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   In other words, as the Supreme Court essentially broadened the
   definition of sex, the Trump administration had narrowed it.

   That the two contradictory developments came so close to each other was
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   Clayton County, Ga. and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal
   Employment Opportunity Commission) that could have an impact on its
   actions. But the agency went on to say that it “need not delay a rule
   based on speculation as to what the Supreme Court might say.”

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   Days after the Supreme Court decision, the health department formally
   published its modified rules, which raised the question: Is the Trump
   administration’s decision to erase Obama-era protections for gay and
   transgender patients now illegal?
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   exclude those treatments from their plans. It also set up mechanisms
   for patients to file discrimination complaints with the H.H.S.’s Office
   for Civil Rights and established the so-called private right to action,
   which allowed consumers to file lawsuits in federal courts related to
   reported violations of Section 1557.
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   from taking effect.

   Then President Trump was inaugurated. The new administration, instead
   of appealing Judge O’Connor’s decision, left it standing, signaling
   that it would come up with its own set of rules soon.
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   It took the Trump administration more than three years to propose a
   clarification: Sex “refers to the biological binary of male and
   female.”
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   definitions” of sex, the health department stated. Additionally, the
   department stated it “no longer intends to take a position on” the
   private right to action.

   That latter part, experts say, is significant.
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   potentially burdened their consciences,” the H.H.S. argued.

   But in a turn of events that the Trump administration most likely
   wasn’t expecting, the largely conservative Supreme Court embraced a
   broader definition of sex than the one the White House was relying on.
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   “It is impossible to discriminate against a person for being homosexual
   or transgender without discriminating against that individual based on
   sex,” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, President Trump’s appointment, wrote for
   the majority.

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   that they will experience this discrimination again.”

   A federal judge has since temporarily blocked the Trump
   administration’s new health regulations from going into effect.

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   when issuing the temporary injunction on August 17.

   The Trump administration has now requested a standard extension to
   either respond to the allegations or dismiss the case, and the
   government’s response would be due on Oct. 2.