GLAD - GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc.
09/11/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/11/2025 13:58
GLAD Law Celebrates Decision Blocking Justice Department Inquiry into MA Transgender Health Care
Federal Court confirms that Boston Children's Hospital does not have to comply with the Justice Department's demand for information on transgender health care.
Boston Children's Hospital asked the court to override the subpoena it received from the Department of Justice for private health care information on transgender patients. On September 10, 2025, the court issued a strong ruling in support of the hospital.
The Administration has been explicit about its disapproval of the transgender community and its aim to end GAC. The subpoena reflects those goals, comprising overbroad requests for documents and information seemingly unrelated to investigating fraud or unlawful off-label promotion. It is abundantly clear that the true purpose of issuing the subpoena is to interfere with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' right to protect GAC within its borders, to harass and intimidate BCH to stop providing such care, and to dissuade patients from seeking such care. For the above reasons, I find that the Government has failed to show proper purpose and, even if it had, that BCH has demonstrated that the subpoena was issued for an improper purpose, motivated only by bad faith.
United States District Court of MassachusettsGLAD Law celebrates this decision. This ruling is a win in protecting patients' and their families' private health care information. Ricardo Martinez, Executive Director of GLAD Law, reflects:
This important ruling protects the private health care information of patients and their families. It is a powerful example of the courts' critical role in guarding against government overreach and ensuring the federal government does not unlawfully interfere with the Commonwealth's right to protect transgender health care in Massachusetts and to set rules for public health within its borders.
Learn more about the Department of Justice's subpoenas for information on transgender health care in an MSNBC interview with Jennifer Levi, GLAD Law's Senior Director for Transgender and Queer Rights.
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