A coalition of Catholic hospitals, along with other organizations connected to the Roman Catholic faith, sued the administration on grounds that the mandate would force them to violate their religious beliefs. A three judge panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court decision in Sisters of Mercy v. Becerra that the federal transgender surgery mandate’s “intrusion upon the Catholic Plaintiffs’ exercise of religion is sufficient to show irreparable harm.”

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