1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

I need you to investigate hospitals in our state that illegally shut down gender-affirming care for transgender youth based on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s HHS declaration, which a federal judge later ruled unlawful. These hospitals preemptively paused puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy for minors before any legal requirement existed. Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai found that Kennedy lacks the legal or scientific authority to declare an entire field of health care "not medicine." He criticized the administration's approach as "break it and see what others will do" and stated it's "not a system or method committed to the rule of law." If the declaration was unlawful from the start, hospitals had no legal basis to deny care to their patients. Some hospitals only reinstated care after the court ruling forced their hand. Families were left scrambling while hospitals capitulated to an illegal federal threat. Find out what legal advice these hospitals received before shutting down care and how many facilities did the same. These families deserve answers about why their children's medically necessary care was interrupted based on an unlawful declaration. More information: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/hospitals-nationwide-caved-to-trump