A federal judge has delivered a significant blow to the Trump administration's extensive efforts to obtain confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital providing gender-affirming care to minors.
U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy's ruling on Wednesday marks another setback for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), following at least seven other federal courts that have quashed or limited similar broad civil subpoenas issued to over 20 doctors and hospitals last summer.
