Overview

• The Justice Department issued nearly 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics over suspected healthcare fraud and false statements in youth gender-affirming treatments.
• Deputy Assistant Attorney General Chad Mizelle announced the measures during an FTC workshop on the dangers of gender-affirming care for minors in Washington, D.C.
• The FTC is collecting evidence under Section 5 of its Act to assess whether providers made deceptive or unsupported claims about the risks and benefits of gender-affirming treatments for children.
• Mizelle introduced a panel of detransitioners and parents who shared personal accounts of regret and harm and urged other affected families to come forward.
• The subpoenas follow President Trump’s January executive order cutting federal funding for minor gender-affirming treatments and earlier federal directives to scrutinize transgender care for youths.