DOJ Again Denied Access to Trans Children’s Private Medical Info

A Philadelphia-based federal judge partially shut down the government’s request for information about children who’ve undergone gender-affirming care at a local hospital.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia doesn’t have to produce child-identifying medical and psychological records requested by the US Department of Justice as part of its investigation into the use of prescription puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones by those under 18, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said Nov. 21. DOJ’s congressionally granted authority to investigate federal health care offenses, such as the mislabeling of federally approved prescription medications, didn’t include the power to subpoena ...