Federal judge voids RFK Jr.’s ‘unlawful’ directive banning gender-affirming care

By: Steve Crane

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 874

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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A federal district judge in Oregon overturned Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s directive that said health care facilities providing gender-affirming care to minors are barred from Medicare and Medicaid.

U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai, in a scathing opinion filed Saturday, called Kennedy’s Dec. 18 directive “one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

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