{"id":9788,"date":"2019-10-24T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9788"},"modified":"2019-12-24T11:27:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T19:27:25","slug":"judge-rejects-requiring-doctors-to-perform-transition-surgery-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9788","title":{"rendered":"Judge rejects requiring doctors to perform transition surgery, abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Crux<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Catholic News Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        WICHITA FALLS, Texas &#8211; By annulling an Obama administration requirement that doctors perform gender transition procedures or treatments, as well as abortions, a federal judge in Texas has upheld the conscience rights of medical professionals across the nation, said a lawyer for plaintiffs in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         \u201cIt is critically important that doctors are able to continue serving patients in keeping with their consciences and their professional medical judgment, especially when it comes to the personal health choices of families and children,\u201d said Luke Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at Becket, a Washington-based nonprofit religious liberty law firm. . . 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