A federal judge said March 19 he would be granting a motion by states to vacate a declaration from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against breast removal and other procedures for youths with gender dysphoria.
U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai said during a hearing in Oregon that he would soon issue a formal written opinion and order denying the government’s bid to dismiss the case brought by the states and granting the states’ motion for summary judgment, according to court records.
In late 2025, Kennedy issued a declaration stating that “sex-rejecting procedures for children and adolescents are neither safe nor effective as a treatment modality for gender dysphoria, gender incongruence, or other related disorders in minors, and therefore, fail to meet professional recognized standards of health care.”…