There is also Republican-backed legislation moving through Congress to restrict gender-affirming care for youths. Another father of a transgender patient at Children’s Hospital, who requested anonymity because he fears for his child’s safety, said he was grateful for the agreement, but doesn’t see it as the end of the road. “The government’s attempt to rifle through children’s medical records was unconstitutional from the start. “These threats are no longer theoretical,” Children’s Hospital executives wrote to staff in an internal email announcing the closure of the clinic in June. “To date, they assured us, no identifiable patient information has been received, and now it cannot be,” said Amy Powell, with Lawyers for Good Government.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 24, 2026 20:06 UTC