PHILADELPHIA – Several young patients and their parents have asked federal courts in Pennsylvania to quash sweeping subpoenas issued by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking years’ worth of medical records of every patient under the age of 19 who received gender-affirming care from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). […]
An initiative of the Richard Berkman & Toni Seidl Health Care Justice Project. UPDATE November 20, 2024 — The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania the Court ruled that Firearm Preemption laws are not unconstitutional. In its opinion, the Court acknowledged the unacceptable state of gun violence, and the tragic ways it has impacted many Pennsylvania residents. […]