STAT News – Biotech
Judge will rule against Kennedy’s declaration on gender-affirming care
A U.S. district judge in Oregon said he will vacate a declaration made late last year by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that asserted gender-affirming care for young trans people does not meet medical standards of care.
A coalition of states and D.C. immediately sued Kennedy over the declaration, calling it an overreach of Kennedy’s authority. The regulation of medicine is largely left up to states, and any federal rules need to go through public notice and comment periods.