2026-05-14 00:17:05 UTC / 路透社
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2026年5月14日 格林尼治标准时间凌晨00:17 更新于3小时前
2024年8月21日摄的插画中展示了美国罗德岛州州旗。路透社/达多·鲁维奇/插画
5月13日（路透社）——一名美国法官周三阻止司法部强迫罗德岛一家医院交出为跨性别青少年提供的性别确认护理相关记录，称检察官存在恶意行为。
地区法官玛丽·麦克尔罗伊裁定，由布朗健康管理的罗德岛医院无需遵守一份范围广泛的传票，该传票要求提交包括使用青春期阻滞剂等药物治疗性别烦躁的未成年人医疗记录在内的大量文件。
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此前得克萨斯州一名法官应司法部要求下令罗德岛医院遵守传票，在周四的最后期限到来前，该医院和该州儿童权益保护官已请求法院介入。
麦克尔罗伊驳回了司法部关于其正在调查经FDA批准药物的标签外使用情况的说法，并表示执行该传票将侵犯未成年患者的隐私权。
她还在裁决中严厉批评司法部，称其误导法庭且存在恶意行为。
“司法部在本案的每一个环节都证明不值得获得这种信任，”麦克尔罗伊写道，并补充道，“联邦检察官理应秉持的光荣操守与司法部在本案中的策略之间的差距令人不安。”
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这场纠纷是联邦政府审查未成年人性别确认护理的更广泛行动的一部分。司法部已向多家医疗机构发出类似传票，不过部分传票已被法院撤销或缩小范围。
唐纳德·特朗普总统去年签署了一项行政命令，终止所有用于跨性别青少年性别确认护理的联邦资金或支持，称其为“危险趋势”。他指示司法部优先调查此类治疗手段，而LGBTQ权利倡导者和主要医疗团体均认为这些治疗对跨性别青少年的福祉至关重要。
在法院遭遇挫折后，司法部将部分调查转移到了得克萨斯州北部，麦克尔罗伊称这相当于挑选法院。一名得克萨斯州法官曾下令罗德岛医院遵守传票。
司法部的最新行动于周一展开，纽约大学朗格尼健康中心表示，其收到了得克萨斯州联邦检察官发出的大陪审团传票，要求提供有关未成年人性别确认护理的信息。
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US judge blocks Justice Department bid for Rhode Island hospital transgender care records
2026-05-14 00:17:05 UTC / Reuters
By Nate Raymond
May 14, 2026 12:17 AM UTC Updated 3 hours ago
The flag of the U.S. state Rhode Island is seen in this illustration taken, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
May 13 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked the Justice Department from forcing a Rhode Island hospital to hand over records on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, saying prosecutors acted in bad faith.
District Judge Mary McElroy ruled that Rhode Island Hospital, run by Brown Health, did not have to comply with a sweeping subpoena seeking a wide range of documents, including medical records of minors treated for gender dysphoria with drugs such as puberty blockers.
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The hospital and the state’s child advocate had asked the court to intervene ahead of a Thursday deadline, after a judge in Texas, at the Justice Department’s request, ordered the hospital to comply.
McElroy rejected the Justice Department’s claims that it was investigating alleged off-label use of FDA-approved drugs, and said enforcing the subpoena would violate the privacy rights of minor patients.
She also sharply criticised the Justice Department in her order, saying it had misled the court and acted in bad faith.
“DOJ has proven unworthy of this trust at every point in this case,” McElroy wrote, adding that “the discrepancy between the honorable conduct expected of federal prosecutors and DOJs tactics in this case is unsettling.”
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The dispute is part of a broader federal effort to scrutinise gender-affirming care for minors. The Justice Department has issued similar subpoenas to multiple providers, though courts have quashed or narrowed some of them.
President Donald Trump last year signed an executive order ending all federal funding or support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth, describing it as a “dangerous trend.” He directed the Justice Department to prioritize investigations of such treatments, which LGBT rights advocates and major medical groups support as important for the well-being of transgender youth.
Following setbacks in courts, the Justice Department shifted some of its probes to northern Texas, which McElroy said amounted to forum shopping. A Texas judge had ordered Rhode Island Hospital to comply with the subpoena.
The DOJ’s latest move came on Monday, when NYU Langone Health said it received a grand jury subpoena from federal prosecutors in Texas seeking information on gender-affirming care for minors.
Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Additional reporting by Karen Sloan
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