Show Down At High Noon

This is like a spaghetti western... show down at high noon. Where the sheriff in town shoots it out with the villains but this shoot out is in the courtrooms.

DOJ subpoenas patients’ information in transgender care investigation

The Hill

By Brooke Migdon

Aug. 21, 2025

The Justice Department (DOJ) is demanding confidential patient information from hospitals that provide gender-affirming health care to minors, including their birth dates, Social Security numbers and home addresses, according to a subpoena made public in a court filing this week. 

The subpoena to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, sent in June and first reported by The Washington Post Wednesday, requests “every writing or record of whatever type” from doctors related to the provision of hormone therapy, puberty blockers and gender transition surgery to minors, including voicemails, emails and text messages on encrypted platforms from January 2020 — more than a year before Arkansas adopted the nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for youth in April 2021.

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In July, the DOJ said it had sent more than 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics “involved in performing transgender medical procedures on children.” The department said it sent the subpoenas in investigations of “healthcare fraud, false statements, and more.”

Connecticut Attorney General's office;

Attorney General Tong Sues to Block Unlawful Attacks on Medically Necessary Health Care for Transgender Youth

(Hartford, CT) — Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict access to necessary healthcare for transgender, intersex, and nonbinary youth. The lawsuit targets recent federal actions aimed at deterring providers from offering medically appropriate care to individuals under age 19, even in states like Connecticut where such care is legal and protected. The lawsuit argues that the administration is overstepping its authority by using threats of criminal prosecution and federal investigations to pressure health care providers. The coalition is asking the court to block these actions and protect access to care for patients who need it.

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In June, the FBI asked the public to report tips “of any hospitals, clinics, or practitioners” that offer transition-related surgeries to minors, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent letters in May to nine hospitals demanding information on “medical interventions for gender dysphoria in children.”  

But as we know... it is a gamble now a days with the courts.

Hey folks... Do you know what CMS is? It is the federal agency that regulates Medicare and Medicaid. So all of you on Medicare like me... be warned we my be next! The AG goes on to say,

Medical experts, including every major national medical association, agree that medical care is not only necessary for many transgender young people, in some cases it is lifesaving. Denying this care has been shown to worsen mental health outcomes, including increased rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.

The coalition argues that these actions violate the Constitution, exceed federal authority, and undermine state laws that require equal access to medical treatment. In Connecticut, laws protect patients from discrimination based on gender identity, and health care providers are required to treat all patients fairly and without bias. The lawsuit asks the court to block the administration’s actions and stop the enforcement of these executive orders.

Joining Attorney General Tong in filing this lawsuit, which was led by Connecticut, New York, California, Massachusetts, and Illinois, are the attorneys general of Delaware, Hawai’i, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, as well as the Governor of Pennsylvania.

Connecticut PBS station wrote,

The complaint argues the White House and Justice Department have carried out the intimidation of both doctors and hospitals by issuing subpoenas, threatening criminal prosecution, launching investigations and demanding private patient data.

"The result is an atmosphere of fear and intimidation experienced by transgender individuals, their families and caregivers, and the medical professionals who seek only to provide necessary, lawful care to their patients," the lawsuit states.

Exactly! It is all about fear and intimidation.