A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining medical records of minors who received gender-affirming care at New York City hospitals, ruling the subpoena violated patients’ constitutional rights.
Score one for patient privacy. US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla has blocked the Trump administration’s bid to access sensitive medical records tied to gender identity care for minors at New York City hospitals, CNN reports.
Failla ruled investigators cannot obtain records from patients treated over the past six years, including via a grand jury subpoena sent to NYU Langone Hospitals. She said the government was chasing deeply personal information — diagnoses, assessments, and patients’ transgender status — that deserves the strongest constitutional protection.
She questioned the sheer scope of the DOJ’s request, saying officials never justified why such broad disclosure was necessary. Critics call the probe an attempt to scare off providers, not investigate real crimes.
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