US EditionJudge: RFK Jr. Overreached in Push to Restrict Gender-Affirming for Minors
Judge Mustafa Kasubhai vacated RFK Jr.'s December 2025 gender-affirming care declaration for minors, citing failure to follow rulemaking and protecting providers from federal penalties.
- On Thursday, March 19, U.S. District Court Judge Mustafa Kasubhai said he will vacate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s December 18 HHS 12-page declaration, finding he overstepped his authority.
- Kennedy's December declaration asserted that 'sex-rejecting procedures for children and adolescents are neither safe nor effective', prompting 21 states to sue for bypassing the Administrative Procedure Act.
- HHS has referred 13 medical institutions to the department inspector general, while major hospitals like NYU Langone, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and UChicago Medicine have stopped treatments amid pressure.
- The ruling offers relief to hospitals and healthcare providers offering gender-affirming care by removing the immediate force of the declaration, legal experts said it provides breathing space for trans youth and their parents and medical teams.
- The Trump administration has enacted a series of anti-LGBTQ+ orders restricting gender-affirming care for under-19s, but federal courts and New York Attorney General Letitia James with a coalition of 15 other attorneys general have repeatedly intervened.
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Trump Administration Blocked From Denying Minors Gender-Related Care
Source: Connecticut Public Broadcasting / Getty Once again, a federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from turning right-wing ideology into policies and laws and prohibited the administration from continuing to pick and choose when states’ rights matter. This time, the judge had to step in to protect trans people, specifically, those who are minors. According to the New York Times, Judge Mustafa Kasubhai of U.S. District Court made hi…
Judge: US govt overreached in transgender health care declaration
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge said the government overreached by issuing a declaration that called treatments like puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries unsafe and ineffective for young people experiencing gender dysphoria, according to a ruling Thursday in Oregon. Judge Mustafa Kasubhai ruled that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t go through the proper administrative procedures in December when issuing the declarat…
Federal court ruling deals blow to Trump’s war on gender-affirming care
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s antiscientific schlock about gender-affirming health care has been rebuked by a federal judge. Nearly two dozen states sued the federal government in December over a document Kennedy issued last year falsely claiming gender-affirming care for transgender…
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