Judge bars Trump DOJ from grabbing minors’ gender-affirming care records in NYC hospitals
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining medical records of minors who received gender-identity care at New York City hospitals, certifying a class of patients from the past six years and issuing a temporary restraining order against the grand jury subpoena to NYU Langone Hospitals. Judge Katherine Failla said the breadth of the requested records—including diagnoses, informed-consent forms, and disclosures of transgender status—raises significant privacy concerns and is unlikely to be needed to prove a crime. The ruling follows a pattern of judicial pushback against the DOJ’s probe into gender-identity care, with prosecutors accused of trying to bypass review by using grand jury subpoenas. Plaintiffs’ lawyers from the ACLU, Lambda Legal, and the NYCLU hailed the decision. DOJ has said it is examining potential off-label drug use and billing issues related to the treatments. The TRO remains in effect as the case proceeds, and NYU Langone and other hospitals have faced pressure to scale back or end minors’ gender-care programs.</tldr>