""two-fold" relief"
""The escalations have been so relentless in the threats to our family, and one of the things that compounded that was the uncertainty about what the federal government knew about our kids' medical care and what they were going to do about that,""
The U.S. Department of Justice agreed to stop demanding medical records that identify young patients who received gender-affirming care at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, resolving a legal standoff with families who sued to block a subpoena feared to enable criminal prosecution of parents. The federal court agreement permits the hospital to withhold certain records and to redact personal information from other files. Trump administration officials have likened such care to child mutilation despite endorsement of gender-affirming treatments by major medical associations. Several parents expressed profound relief while noting other legal and political threats remain. Uncertainty persists about protections for clinicians targeted by federal scrutiny. The settlement followed similar rulings protecting patient records at other pediatric clinics.
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