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To: Hospital administrators, doctors, and other medical providers
Protect Trans Youth From Trump’s Health Care Attacks
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Hospitals and providers need to prioritize their patients and protect patient privacy—by challenging subpoenas for information on health care for trans youth. Trump’s attacks on trans youth are dangerous, and hospitals must refuse to proactively comply with unethical orders and fully challenge such subpoenas.
Patients and their families have put their trust in you. Don’t betray them for the ugly, hateful, political agenda of Trump and his allies.
Patients and their families have put their trust in you. Don’t betray them for the ugly, hateful, political agenda of Trump and his allies.
Why is this important?
The Trump administration and its MAGA supporters have been attacking trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming Americans—with a focus on youth and their parents. Health care is proven to be lifesaving for many trans youth. But the Trump administration is trying to punish parents and medical professionals seeking to provide fundamental health care.
Most recently, Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, has subpoenaed hospitals and medical providers for information about care they provide to trans youth, including sensitive and individual medical records. Not only is this a blatant attack on health privacy (HIPAA), it is also meant to threaten these providers into ceasing this essential care. And it’s a step toward targeting and punishing the youth and their families.
Enough is enough. While Congress should put a stop to this and state attorneys general need to step in, it’s also critical for hospital administrators, doctors, and other medical providers to rely on the oaths they have taken to protect the patients in their care and “do no harm.”
If hospitals and medical providers refuse to proactively cooperate with unethical asks by challenging subpoenas and letting the legal process play out, they will send a strong message that refusing to be terrorized into compliance by this administration is something we all must do. When we speak out to demand institutions refuse to give in to these outrageous demands from the Trump administration, we can keep our communities safe. That’s why it’s so important to take action right now.
Patients and their families must be able to trust their doctors and medical providers who are providing essential, lifesaving care for their children. Don’t betray them for the ugly, hateful, political agenda of Trump and his allies.