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Federal judge blocks DOJ from getting its hands on trans children’s private medical records
A federal judge in California has ruled that the Justice Department likely cannot lawfully obtain confidential medical records identifying transgender minors who received gender-affirming care at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. The ruling delivers a significant setback to a yearlong federal campaign targeting providers of such care.
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OpsLens
· Jun 29, 2026
Supreme Court takes up transgender-parental rights case * WorldNetDaily * by Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal
Source link Can Washington state remove parental rights to enable runaway kids to access experimental transgender medical “treatments” without their parents’ knowledge or consent? The Supreme Court announced Monday that
The Daily Signal
· Jun 29, 2026
Supreme Court Takes Up Case Challenging Laws That Treat ‘Non-Affirming Parents’ as Child Abusers
Can Washington state remove parental rights to enable runaway kids to access experimental transgender medical “treatments” without their parents’ knowledge or consent? The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would take up a case on this pivotal issue. In the case, a group of parents represented by International Partners for Ethical Care is challenging the...
Knewz
· Jun 26, 2026
Obama-appointed federal judge shuts down Trump admin’s attempt to seize transgender patients’ medical records
A federal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining years of medical records related to transgender patients from New York hospitals. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled that federal prosecutors could not access the records while the court reviews whether the subpoenas were issued in bad...
Mother Jones
· Jun 24, 2026
Prosecutors Can’t Demand New York Trans Kids’ Medical Records, Judge Says
Yet another Trump administration effort to gain access to trans kids’ private health information has been, for the moment, halted. A district judge today handed down a temporary restraining order, preventing the Trump administration from forcing disclosure of the health records of trans children treated at New York University Langone and Mount Sinai hospitals in []
Twitchy
· Jun 30, 2026
Gov. Tim Walz: The Supreme Court Says States Can Be Cruel to Trans Kids
Gov. Tim Walz: The Supreme Court Says States Can Be Cruel to Trans Kids
Wirepoints
· Jul 9, 2026
Chicago appeals court tosses order blocking Fla. AG from suing over kids’ transgender meds’ deception – Legal Newsline
In a seeming rebuke to a controversial decision handed down and supported by a group of Obama- and Biden-appointed judges, the rest of the judges on Chicago's federal appeals court have struck down that ruling that would have allowed Chicago judges to block Florida's Republican state attorney general from using Florida state courts to enforce a Florida state law against a national pediatrics organization for allegedly misleading the public about the safety of child gender transitions.
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Related coverage for "Federal judge blocks DOJ from getting its hands on trans children’s private medical records": OpsLens — Supreme Court takes up transgender-parental rights case * WorldNetDaily * by Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal. The Daily Signal — Supreme Court Takes Up Case Challenging Laws That Treat ‘Non-Affirming Parents’ as Child Abusers. Knewz — Obama-appointed federal judge shuts down Trump admin’s attempt to seize transgender patients’ medical records. Mother Jones — Prosecutors Can’t Demand New York Trans Kids’ Medical Records, Judge Says. Twitchy — Gov. Tim Walz: The Supreme Court Says States Can Be Cruel to Trans Kids. Wirepoints — Chicago appeals court tosses order blocking Fla. AG from suing over kids’ transgender meds’ deception – Legal Newsline