The Justice Department asked a Texas court to order a Rhode Island hospital to comply with a subpoena for transgender health records, a new jurisdictional tactic after judges elsewhere have blocked parallel demands for sensitive patient data.
As part of DOJ’s nationwide series of investigations into pediatric providers for treating minors with gender dysphoria, the petition filed in the Northern District of Texas marks a shifting approach to a conservative-friendly venue without a clear geographic hook for a New England-centered probe. The Thursday filing notes the investigation is “being carried out in” Northern Texas and cites a statute on health ...
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