A federal judge in New York announced Wednesday that she will prevent the U.S. Department of Justice from using grand jury subpoenas to access the medical records of transgender patients who received gender-affirming care as minors from New York City healthcare providers.
U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla, based in Manhattan, said she would issue a temporary restraining order following a lawsuit brought by several families and patients. The legal action was triggered after NYU Langone Health disclosed that it had received a grand jury subpoena connected to the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth.
