The DOJ wants names of trans kids in California, but a judge said no
Just what everyone wanted for the new year: the federal government trying to build a highly specific database of trans youth and their doctors. Luckily, a judge in California just put a giant speed bump in front of that plan.
The federal government is currently demanding medical files from pediatric gender clinics in California. And no, they aren't looking for broad, anonymized statistics to study healthcare trends. The feds are actively demanding the actual names of trans youth and the doctors who treated them.
Naturally, hospitals are pushing back, arguing that handing over a list of names and private medical histories to federal prosecutors is a massive violation of basic privacy. A judge agreed to temporarily freeze the request, giving everyone a second to ask why the Department of Justice needs a highly specific list of teenagers and healthcare workers.
Building a government database of marginalized kids and their doctors is definitely the kind of small-government conservatism everyone keeps talking about.
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