Judge blocks Justice Department’s transgender care subpoena to Boston Children’s Hospital

By Nate Raymond

BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Tuesday quashed a subpoena the U.S. Department of Justice had issued to Boston Children’s Hospital as part of a wide-ranging investigation into doctors and clinics that provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth.

U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston wrote that the subpoena was too broad and reflected the wider goals of Republican President Donald Trump’s administration, which “has been explicit about its disapproval of the transgender community.”

He said the administration had been clear that it seeks to bring an end to medical providers like Boston Children’s Hospital, one of the nation’s largest pediatric hospitals, providing gender-affirming care to patients.

The real goal of the subpoena, Joun said, was to interfere w