DOJ Again Fails in Bid for Info on Minors Receiving Gender Care

The US Department of Justice failed to compel the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to disclose the personal information of minor patients who received gender-affirming care after a federal judge rebuffed the government’s subpoena request.

“This Court joins the others in finding that the government’s demand for deeply private and personal patient information carries more than a whiff of ill-intent,” Chief Judge Cathy Bissoon of the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania said Dec. 24.

“This is apparent from its rhetoric,” the judge added, providing a bullet point list of the DOJ’s “incendiary characterizations” of gender-affirming care. ...