Sep 18, 2026
The U.S. Department of Justice is abandoning its appeal of a federal court decision that rejected its subpoena seeking medical records of young people who received gender-affirming care at UPMC. Advocates are celebrating the move as a victory for patient privacy.
A class action lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's directive to insurance carriers to strip gender transition care from federal employee health insurance plans, with the Human Rights Campaign calling it discrimination.
Multiple hospitals have received federal grand jury subpoenas regarding gender-affirming care for minors, indicating the Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into these medical practices.