The ruling marks a small victory in an ongoing battle over transgender youths' medical records and care
Published
June 25, 2026 10:04AM (EDT)
A transgender rights supporter takes part in a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as the high court hears arguments in a case on transgender health rights on December 04, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
A New York judge on Wednesday temporarily paused a subpoena of a New York hospital system from federal prosecutors in Texas seeking identifiable medical information of young transgender patients. Though only the first brake put on an apparent criminal probe of gender-affirming care to minors at NYU Langone Health, the decision counts as a small victory in a legal landscape growing increasingly hostile to transgender youth.
