US EditionJudge Pauses Termination of LGBTQ+ Health Research Grants | News Channel 3-12
UNITED STATES, AUG 1 – A federal judge blocked NIH's plan to cut grants focusing on LGBTQ+ health, citing discriminatory targeting of research projects related to transgender and nonbinary communities.
- A federal court in Maryland on Friday blocked NIH grant cancellations for LGBTQ+ health research, with Judge Lydia Griggsby issuing an oral preliminary injunction.
- May’s lawsuit by the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights alleges NIH and HHS unlawfully discriminated by blocking 669 grants, including at least 323 for sexual and gender minority health.
- Filed under GLMA v. NIH, Lambda Legal, Crowell & Moring LLP, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP challenge funding totaling $800 million for NIH grants on behalf of 16 researchers.
- By halting the terminations, the court protected both the integrity of public health research and researchers’ careers, building on a June Massachusetts ruling that deemed diversity-related grant cuts illegal.
- The judge plans to issue a written ruling in the coming weeks after determining NIH actions violated Section 1557 and the equal protection clause.
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