Transgender patients file class action against NYU Langone to stop health system from turning over medical records to Trump admin
Transgender patients are suing NYU Langone and the DOJ to block a federal subpoena demanding medical records of minors who received gender-affirming care.Summary
Transgender patients and their families have filed a class-action lawsuit against NYU Langone Hospital and the Department of Justice to halt a federal subpoena. The subpoena, issued last month, demands the health system turn over medical records of all minors who received gender-affirming care since 2020. The records would include the names of trans minors, their doctors, and the medical care they received. The lawsuit argues that the subpoena violates patients' civil rights, state law prohibiting breaches of physician-patient privilege, and constitutes a "gross overreach of governmental power" intended to "end" gender-affirming medical care. The suit, filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and Lambda Legal, alleges that the DOJ is using the subpoena as part of a systematic campaign to exclude transgender people from public life. The groups contend that no federal law prohibits the provision of gender-affirming medical care to minors, which the U.S. Supreme Court has determined is for the states to regulate. The DOJ and NYU Langone have not responded to requests for comment. The subpoena, filed on May 6, gave the health system 30 days to inform patients before it would be legally required to send the records.
(Source：AM New York)