Bay Area families sue to block DOJ from getting transgender children’s Stanford medical records
Six families seek a temporary restraining order as Stanford says a grand jury subpoena demands patient identities, treatment records and clinician names.
- Six families of transgender minors sued Stanford Medicine Children's Hospital last week to block a DOJ grand jury subpoena for private medical records; a hearing for their temporary restraining order is set for Friday.
- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas issued the grand jury subpoena, demanding patient identities and treatment records by June 10, 2026, with Stanford confirming the order as "substantively identical" to others.
- Represented by the National Center for LGBTQ Rights and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, plaintiffs allege the subpoena violates Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights by compelling disclosure of confidential medical records without sufficient legal justification.
- Families worry the release of sensitive information threatens patient safety and privacy protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, warned the government access endangers families nationwide.
- Following President Donald Trump's executive order "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation," Stanford Medicine paused all gender-affirming care for patients under 19, reflecting broader federal scrutiny that has triggered similar lawsuits nationwide.
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Trans minors sue to block federal subpoena of Stanford medical records
Six families of underage patients receiving gender-affirming care filed a lawsuit against Stanford Medicine Children’s Hospital last Wednesday, seeking to bar the hospital from sharing the medical records of transgender minors with the federal government. “When the federal government can reach across the country, into a hospital that has no connection to the court that issued the subpoena, and pull a child’s entire medical file out of the filin…
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The Mercury newsBay Area families sue to block DOJ from getting transgender children’s Stanford medical records
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Parents of transgender children who received care at Stanford’s children’s hospital are asking a federal judge to stop the hospital from turning over their children’s identities and medical records to the Trump administration as part of…
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