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美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）正在调查医疗团体是否虚假宣传针对儿童的跨性别治疗公开信息
作者：布雷安娜·德皮施，福克斯新闻
医疗团体联盟的律师周二敦促一名联邦法官阻止特朗普政府调取未成年人跨性别手术数据的行为，称FTC的这一要求违宪且具有报复性。
这起案件标志着围绕特朗普政府对未成年人跨性别治疗调查的高风险法律冲突：FTC辩称其旨在监管潜在的消费者伤害，而医疗团体则表示此次调查具有政治动机且违宪。
根据FTC的说法，内分泌学会和美国儿科学会提起的诉讼争议焦点在于，FTC要求这些团体提供其开展的“儿童性别烦躁治疗”相关信息，以及这些组织是否在相关过程中存在虚假广告或不公平行为。
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FTC于今年1月对这些医疗团体展开调查，并发出了民事调查令（CID），这也引发了此次诉讼。
在周二连续多场的听证会上，医疗团体的律师敦促美国地区法官詹姆斯·博阿斯伯格发布初步禁令，阻止FTC大范围调取信息的要求。
原告方认为，FTC的此次行动并非合法的消费者保护举措，而是一项政治企图，旨在打击未成年人跨性别手术，并报复提供此类手术的组织。
“无法在思想市场上占据上风，FTC便转而给美国儿科学会强加一项侵入性且成本高昂的调查，这一调查违宪且超出了FTC的法定权限范围，”儿科医生团体的律师在法庭上表示。
然而，特朗普政府的律师强烈反驳了这一说法。他们辩称，FTC的职责是确保消费者不被误导，包括向未成年人提供医疗程序的情况。
博阿斯伯格在听证会上着重处理了对FTC大范围调查范围的担忧、更广泛的宪法问题，以及政府声称法院完全无权审理此案的主张。
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司法部律师约翰·贝利表示，任何关于FTC行动范围或限制的担忧，都应通过最高法院认可的典型“行政机构行政程序”来解决。
“那么我的答案是——我必须撤销该命令还是任由其推进——我无权缩小其范围？”博阿斯伯格澄清道。
“恕我直言，我的答案是，你必须让这一程序在典型的行政机构流程中推进，”贝利回应道。
博阿斯伯格最终休庭，未当庭作出裁决，但他表示将迅速处理此事。
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此次听证会举行之际，特朗普在第二任期内正采取措施限制未成年人跨性别变性手术。
就职后不久，特朗普签署了题为“保护儿童免受化学和手术残害”的行政命令，切断了联邦政府对未成年人跨性别手术的支持。去年，美国卫生与公众服务部提出一项新规则，拟取消为18岁以下儿童提供“性别拒绝手术”的医院获得联邦医疗保险和医疗补助资金的资格。
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对这些规定的担忧已促使数十家医院关闭其跨性别治疗项目，以免失去联邦资助。
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Judge Boasberg weighs curbing Trump FTC demand for trans minors’ data after heated court clash
April 8, 2026 10:26am EDT / Fox News
The FTC is weighing whether medical groups falsely advertised public-facing information about transgender treatments for children
By Breanne Deppisch, Fox News
Lawyers for a coalition of medical groups on Tuesday urged a federal judge to block the Trump administration’s effort to access data on transgender procedures for minors, arguing the FTC demand is unconstitutional and retaliatory.
The case marks a high-stakes legal clash over the Trump administration’s investigation into transgender treatments for minors, with the FTC arguing it is policing potential consumer harm while medical groups say the probe is politically motivated and unconstitutional.
At issue in the lawsuits, filed by the Endocrine Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics, is the FTC’s demand for information from the groups regarding “pediatric gender dysphoria treatment[s]” they provided, according to the FTC, and whether the organizations engaged in false advertising or unfair practices as part of the process.
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The FTC in January launched an investigation into the medical groups, and issued the Civil Investigative Demand, or CID, that prompted the lawsuit.
During back-to-back hearings Tuesday, lawyers for the medical groups urged U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the FTC’s wide-ranging demand for information.
Plaintiffs argued the effort by the FTC was not a legitimate consumer protection effort, but rather a political effort to crack down on transgender procedures for minors and retaliate against the organizations for providing them.
“Unable to prevail in the marketplace of ideas, the FTC has resorted to burdening AAP with an intrusive and expensive investigation that is unconstitutional and outside the scope of the FTC’s statutory authority,” lawyers for the pediatricians’ group told the court.
Lawyers for the Trump administration sharply disputed that notion, however. They argued that the FTC has a mandate to ensure consumers are not misled — including in cases when medical procedures are provided to minors.
Boasberg used the hearing to grapple with concerns about the scope of the FTC’s wide-ranging demand, broader constitutional concerns, as well as the administration’s assertion that the court lacked reviewability to consider the matter entirely.
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Justice Department lawyer John Bailey said any concerns about the scope or limitations of the FTC action should play out via the typical “agency administrative agency process” recognized by the Supreme Court.
“So the answer is no, that I must quash it or let it proceed — that I have no power to narrow?” Boasberg asked, clarifying.
“My answer, respectfully, would be that you have to let this proceed within the typical agency administrative process,” Bailey responded.
Boasberg ultimately adjourned court without ruling from the bench, though he indicated he would move quickly on the matter.
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The hearings come as Trump takes steps to limit gender transition procedures for minors in his second term.
Shortly after taking office, Trump signed an executive order, “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” which cut off federal support for transgender procedures for minors. Last year, the Health and Human Services Department proposed a new rule to strip federal Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals that provide “sex‑rejecting procedures” for children under the age of 18.
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Concerns over the regulations have prompted dozens of hospitals to shutter their transgender treatment programs in fear of losing federal funding.
Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and The Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com, or follow her on X at @breanne_dep.