ISSUE

Equity

Racial and ethnic minority groups throughout the U.S. experience disproportionately higher rates of illness and death across a wide range of health conditions. LGBTQI+ people also experience discrimination and certain care challenges at higher rates than their non-LGBTQI+ peers. While there have been public and private sector efforts to address health disparities and ensure equitable health outcomes, opponents of those efforts have sought to derail them through litigation.

Tracked Litigation

State of Florida et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Status: Appeal Filed
Date Filed: May 6, 2024
Court: Florida Middle
Goal: Declaration that certain conduct may not be required under Section 1557 or Title IX +2 additional goal(s)

Dr. James Dobson Family Institute et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: October 15, 2024
Court: Texas Northern
Goal: Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)

Doctors for America v. Office of Personnel Management et al.

Status: Decision issued
Date Filed: February 4, 2025
Court: District of Columbia
Goal: Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)

Rapides Parish v. Department of Health & Human Services et al.

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: January 17, 2025
Court: Louisiana Western
Goal: Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)

H. et al v. University of California Board of Regents et al.

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: February 11, 2025
Court: California Northern
Goal: Declaration that a program is unlawful

Do No Harm v. National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians

Status: Decision issued
Date Filed: January 10, 2024
Court: Mississippi Southern
Goal: Declaration that a program is unlawful

Do No Harm et al v. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA et al.

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: May 8, 2025
Court: California Central
Goal: Declaration that a program is unlawful

Do No Harm v. The University of Pennsylvania Health System

Status: Decision issued
Date Filed: March 18, 2025
Court: Pennsylvania Eastern
Goal: Declaration that a program is unlawful

Do No Harm v. Lee

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: September 5, 2024
Court: Sixth Circuit
Goal: Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)

Do No Harm v. Edwards

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: January 4, 2024
Court: Louisiana Western
Goal: Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)

Do No Harm v. Cunningham

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: January 24, 2025
Court: Minnesota
Goal: Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)

Khatibi, M.D. et al. v. Lawson et al.

Status: Decision issued
Date Filed: August 1, 2023
Court: California, Central
Goal: Declaration that provisions are unconstitutional +1 additional goal(s)

San Francisco AIDS Foundation, et al. v. Trump, et al.

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: August 7, 2025
Court: Ninth Circuit
Goal: Block enforcement of agency action +2 additional goal(s)

Khatibi et al. v. Lawson et al.

Status: Decision issued
Date Filed: May 15, 2024
Court: Ninth Circuit
Goal: Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)

State of Mississippi et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Case is administratively closed until further order of the Court
Date Filed: May 5, 2022
Court: Mississippi Southern
Goal: Invalidate all or part of a federal regulation +1 additional goal(s)

San Francisco AIDS Foundation et al. v. Trump et al.

Status: Case Stayed :
Motion for Preliminary Injunction Granted in Part
Date Filed: February 20, 2025
Court: California Northern
Goal: Block enforcement of an agency action +1 additional goal(s)

Association of American Universities et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Status: Appeal Filed
Date Filed: February 10, 2025
Court: Massachusetts
Goal: Block enforcement of an agency action +1 additional goal(s)

State of New York et al. v. National Science Foundation et al.

Status: Case Dismissed :
Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Denied
Date Filed: May 28, 2025
Court: New York Southern
Goal: Block enforcement of an agency action +1 additional goal(s)

Washington State Medical Association et al. v. Kennedy et al.

Status: Case Stayed
Date Filed: May 20, 2025
Court: Washington
Goal: Compel agency action +1 additional goal(s)

Berton v. Aetna

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: April 17, 2023
Court: California Northern
Goal: Declaration that Defendants violated Plaintiff’s and the Classes’ rights under Section 1557 of the ACA +1 additional goal(s)

McComb Children’s Clinic, LTD. v. Kennedy et al.

Status: Case Stayed
Date Filed: May 13, 2024
Court: Mississippi Southern
Goal: Declaration that certain conduct may not be required under Section 1557 or Title IX +2 additional goal(s)

Neese et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Decision Issued: Appeal Filed
Date Filed: August 25, 2021
Court: Texas Northern
Goal: Certify class +2 additional goal(s)

Neese et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Cert Petition Pending :
Supreme Court Docket
Date Filed: January 25, 2023
Court: Fifth Circuit
Goal: Certify class +2 additional goal(s)

State of Tennessee et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. et al.

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: May 30, 2024
Court: Mississippi Southern
Goal: Declaration that certain conduct may not be required under Section 1557 or Title IX +2 additional goal(s)

State of Texas et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Decision issued :
Appeal Dismissed
Date Filed: June 10, 2024
Court: Texas Eastern
Goal: Declaration that regulation is unlawful +2 additional goal(s)

State of Missouri et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Status: Briefing is ongoing
Date Filed: July 10, 2024
Court: Missouri Eastern
Goal: Declaration that regulation is unlawful +2 additional goal(s)

Roberts et al. v. Bassett et al.

Status: Decision issued (affirmed on appeal)
Date Filed: February 8, 2022
Court: New York Eastern
Goal: Stop the government from enforcing the statute or regulation

Roberts et al. v. Bassett et al.

Status: Cert denied
Date Filed: March 24, 2022
Court: 2nd Circuit
Goal: Stop the government from implementing program to expand access to COVID-19 treatments.

Roberts, et al. v. James V. McDonald et al.

Status: Cert denied
Date Filed: February 8, 2023
Goal: Stop the government from implementing program to expand access to COVID-19 treatments.

Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism, Inc. et al. v. City of New York et al.

Status: Voluntarily dismissed
Date Filed: January 20, 2022
Court: New York Southern
Goal: Stop the government from enforcing the statute or regulation

Do No Harm v. Eddings

Status: Voluntarily Dismissed
Court: Arkansas Eastern
Goal: Declaration that scholarship design/terms are unconstitutional +1 additional goal(s)

Jacobson v. Bassett

Status: Decision issued
Date Filed: January 16, 2022
Court: New York Northern
Goal: Stop the government from enforcing the statute or regulation

Inactive Case

State of Texas et al. v. Kennedy et al.

Status: Appeal Dismissed
Date Filed: September 5, 2024
Court: Fifth Circuit
Goal: Block enforcement of an agency action +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

State of Florida et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Status: Case Dismissed
Date Filed: September 4, 2024
Court: Eleventh Circuit
Goal: Block enforcement of an agency action +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

State of Tennessee et al. v. Kennedy et al.

Status: Appeal Dismissed :
Joint Motion to Dismiss Appeal Granted
Date Filed: September 5, 2024
Court: Fifth Circuit
Goal: Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

Stewart v. University of Texas at Austin et al.

Status: Voluntarily dismissed
Date Filed: July 17, 2024
Court: Texas Western
Goal: Certify class +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

Do No Harm v. Gianforte

Status: Case Dismissed
Date Filed: March 12, 2024
Court: Montana
Goal: Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

Do No Harm v. Lee

Status: Decision issued :
Appeal Filed
Date Filed: November 8, 2023
Court: Tennessee Middle
Goal: Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

Do No Harm v. Vituity

Status: Case Settled
Date Filed: December 8, 2023
Court: Florida Northern
Goal: Declaration that a program is unlawful

Inactive Case

Stewart v. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center et al.

Status: Case Dismissed
Date Filed: January 10, 2023
Court: Texas Northern
Goal: Certify class +2 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

Franciscan Alliance et al. v. Becerra

Status: Decision issued
Date Filed: November 26, 2021
Court: Fifth Circuit
Goal: Stop the government from enforcing the statute or regulation

Inactive Case

North Dakota et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Decision Issued (affirmed on appeal)
Date Filed: November 7, 2016
Court: North Dakota
Goal: Invalidate all or part of a federal regulation +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

The Religious Sisters of Mercy, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, et al.

Status: Decision issued
Date Filed: April 21, 2021
Court: Eighth Circuit
Goal: Exempt the plaintiffs from the requirement

Inactive Case

Catholic Benefits Association et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Case terminated
Date Filed: December 28, 2016
Court: North Dakota
Goal: Exempt the plaintiffs from the requirement +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

Franciscan Alliance, Inc. et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Decision Issued (affirmed on appeal)
Date Filed: August 23, 2016
Court: Texas Northern
Goal: Invalidate all or part of a federal regulation +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

Whitman-Walker Clinic Inc. et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Status: Voluntarily Dismissed
Date Filed: November 9, 2020
Court: D.C. Circuit
Goal: Invalidate all or part of a federal regulation +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

Whitman-Walker Clinic Inc. et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Status: Case dismissed
Date Filed: June 22, 2020
Court: District of Columbia
Goal: Invalidate all or part of a federal regulation +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

Chinatown Service Center et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Status: Case Dismissed
Date Filed: February 5, 2021
Court: District of Columbia
Goal: Invalidate all or part of a federal regulation +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

American College of Pediatricians et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Decision Issued: Appeal Filed
Date Filed: August 26, 2021
Court: Tennessee Eastern
Goal: Invalidate all or part of a federal regulation +1 additional goal(s)

Inactive Case

American College of Pediatricians et al. v. Becerra et al.

Status: Decision issued
Date Filed: January 19, 2023
Court: Sixth Circuit
Goal: Invalidate all or part of a federal regulation +1 additional goal(s)

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