By Wendy Ruderman, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Philadelphia on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from obtaining the private medical records of youth who sought gender-affirming care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

The decision, issued by U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney, was a victory for patients’ privacy rights and for CHOP, which had waged a legal battle to limit the scope of a sweeping federal subpoena that sought the names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and addresses and parent/guardian information of patients who had been prescribed puberty blockers or hormone therapy.

In a 54-page opinion , Kearney found the medical records sought by the U.S. Department of Justice were “beyond the authority

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