Court Says the Government Overstepped Its Authority in Seeking Confidential Gender-Affirming Care Files

Federal efforts to obtain the private medical records of transgender minors in Pennsylvania were sharply curtailed Friday, when a federal judge in Philadelphia struck down the Department of Justice’s attempt to subpoena confidential files from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

U.S. District Judge Mark A. Kearney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania quashed the subpoena, which sought names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, home addresses, and detailed clinical notes for minors who received gender-affirming care dating back to January 2020. In his ruling, Kearney wrote that the DOJ “lacks statutory authority for a rambling exploration of the Hospital’s files to learn the n

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