Stanford gets reprieve from subpoenas seeking records about trans kids' care
Key takeaways
- The decision bars Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital from producing pediatric records for at least the next two weeks, while U.S.
- Justice Department from compelling records from any other California hospital that may be subject to similar subpoenas, the contents and scope of which remain secret.
- The demand represents a major escalation in the Trump administration’s fight to end gender-affirming care for transgender youth — treatment it calls “sex-rejecting procedures” and has compared to child mutilation.
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, shown in 2017. (Liz Hafalia / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) By Sonja Sharp Staff Writer Follow June 11, 2026 1:16 PM PT 6 min Click here to listen to this article Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X Linked In Threads Reddit Whats App Copy Link URL Copied! Print 0:00 0:00 1x This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here.
California families fighting to keep trans kids’ medical records private won a brief reprieve in federal court Tuesday, after a judge in San José temporarily blocked hospital administrators from handing their files to the federal government in response to a criminal subpoena.
The decision bars Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital from producing pediatric records for at least the next two weeks, while U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts weighs whether a Texas grand jury can force the California medical center to hand over its files to the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations in Kansas.