After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services joined a lawsuit against disability rights protections, leading to a rollback of enforcement following legal challenges from conservative-led states.
A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advocates have feared for months. At the end of August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services joined the handful of conservative-led states suing […]
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