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DOJ Subpoenas Hospitals for Trans Care Data, Judges Intervene

7/15/2026

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Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaed Mount Sinai and three other hospitals for six years of gender-affirming data.
Transgender families felt intimidated after subpoenas threatened to expose their records.
Judge Katherine Polk Failla blocked a NYU Langone subpoena, calling judge-shopping egregious.
Do No Harm gave DOJ a transgender-care hospital database, prompting a family to relocate.
Analysts warned the subpoenas could set a precedent to target reproductive, mental health and HIV records.

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Story summary

Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaed Mount Sinai and three other hospitals for six years of gender-affirming data.
Transgender families felt intimidated after subpoenas threatened to expose their records.
Judge Katherine Polk Failla blocked a NYU Langone subpoena, calling judge-shopping egregious.
Do No Harm gave DOJ a transgender-care hospital database, prompting a family to relocate.
Analysts warned the subpoenas could set a precedent to target reproductive, mental health and HIV records.