A US District Court judge blocked the Trump administration's attempts to terminate critical health research grants for sexual and gender minorities, including vital HIV research. The ruling prevented the National Institutes of Health from defunding GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality and 16 individual health researchers. The court found that the actions discriminated against LGBTQI+ researchers in violation of the Fifth Amendment and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. This decision allows ongoing critical research to continue as the legal challenge proceeds.
The US District Court judge for the District of Maryland blocked The National Institutes of Health from defunding LGBTQ+ health researcher GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality and 16 other individual health researchers.
The US District court held that 'such actions unlawfully discriminated against LGBTQI+ health researchers in violation of the Fifth Amendment's equal protection component and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.'
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