{"id":687104,"date":"2021-08-26T14:50:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T18:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=687104"},"modified":"2021-08-26T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T18:50:14","slug":"pediatricians-sue-biden-administration-for-requiring-doctors-to-perform-trans-surgeries-against-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pediatricians-sue-biden-administration-for-requiring-doctors-to-perform-trans-surgeries-against-beliefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pediatricians Sue Biden Administration For Requiring Doctors To Perform Trans Surgeries Against Beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpediatricians-sue-biden-administration-for-requiring-doctors-to-perform-trans-surgeries-against-beliefs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=687104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1332209016-e1628112812945.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Medical professionals are suing President Joe Biden\u2019s administration over a mandate requiring doctors to perform transgender surgeries in violation of their religious beliefs or medical judgement.<\/p>\n<p>Represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, the American College of Pediatricians, the Catholic Medical Association and an OB-GYN doctor specializing in adolescent care filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga Thursday against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/09\/court-blocks-biden-trans-mandate-becket-fund-religious-liberty\/\">(RELATED: Second Federal Court Blocks Biden Mandate Requiring Doctors To Perform Trans Surgeries Against Conscience)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe law and the medical profession have long recognized and respected the biological differences between boys and girls and the unique needs they each present in health care. Forcing doctors to prescribe transition hormones for 13-year-olds or perform life-altering surgeries on adolescents is unlawful, unethical, and dangerous,\u201d ADF Senior Counsel Ryan Bangert said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s Health and Human Services department is grossly overreaching its authority and, in so doing, putting children\u2019s psychological and physical health in danger,\u201d Bangert said. \u201cOur clients are rightfully objecting on medical, ethical, religious, and conscientious grounds to this unlawful government mandate to provide gender-transition procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two medical associations represent 3,000 doctors and health care professionals, ADF said in a press release. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/21\/biden-appeals-trans-mandate-religious-objections\/\">(RELATED: Biden Admin Appeals To Force Religious Doctors, Hospitals To Provide Trans Surgeries Despite Conscience Objections)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View American College of Pediatricians Complaint on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/521845866\/American-College-of-Pediatricians-Complaint#from_embed\">American College of Pediatr\u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Mary Margaret Olohan&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/506904746\/Mary-Margaret-Olohan#from_embed\">Mary Margaret Olohan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoctors should never be forced to perform a controversial and often medically dangerous procedure that goes against their best judgment, their conscience, or their religion, especially when it involves vulnerable children experiencing mental and emotional confusion,\u201d ADF Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake said in a statement. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/21\/catholic-vote-joe-biden-lgbtq\/\">(RELATED: Catholic Vote Slams \u2018Devout Catholic\u2019 Biden For Trying To Force Christian Doctors To Violate Religious Beliefs)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo force doctors to engage in experimental medicine that poses a risk to patients\u2014or face huge financial penalties, withdrawal of federal funding, or removal of their ability to practice medicine\u2014is an extreme violation of doctors\u2019 constitutional rights and certainly not in the best interest of the patients they serve,\u201d Blake continued.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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