Judge temporarily blocks subpoenas in criminal probe of transgender care at New York hospitals (opens original article in a new tab)

A judge temporarily blocked federal prosecutors from obtaining transgender patients' medical records in New York hospitals, calling the move unconstitutional and part of an effort to 'demonize' transgender people.

• A judge blocked federal prosecutors from accessing transgender patients' medical records in New York hospitals
• The judge ruled the government's actions as unconstitutional and part of an effort to 'demonize' transgender people
• The Justice Department sought records as part of a probe into drug 'misbranding'