A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a federal law prohibiting discrimination in education based on gender covers medical residency programs.
It was the first-of-its-kind ruling in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that a former female resident at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Philadelphia could proceed with a lawsuit under Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments Act.
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