Justice Dept. subpoenas on care for transgender minors has chilling effect - The Washington Post

The Justice Department is demanding that hospitals turn over a wide range of sensitive information related to medical care for young transgender patients, including billing documents, communication with drug manufacturers and data such as patient dates of birth, Social Security numbers and addresses, according to a copy of a subpoena made public in a court filing this week…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/20/subpoena-transgender-care-minors/

Meta’s AI policies let chatbots get romantic with minors | The Verge

Quotes from the document highlighted by Reuters include letting Meta's AI chatbots "engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual," "describe a child in terms that evidence their attractiveness," and say to a shirtless eight-year-old that "every inch of you is a masterpiece – a treasure I cherish deeply."…

https://www.theverge.com/news/759562/meta-ai-rules-chatbots-romantic-minors 

 

States sue Trump administration after more hospitals stop treating transgender youth : Shots - Health News : NPR

A coalition of 16 states and D.C. argue in the lawsuit that the Trump administration is trying to effectuate a national ban on gender-affirming care for youth by intimidating hospitals and doctors…

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5490427/bonta-trump-bondi-transgender-minors-hospital 

 

Texas legislature argues about banning books

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCNioq57WIA

 

Supreme Court allows Tennessee ban on gender transition care for minors - The Washington Post

Seven major U.S. medical associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, called Wednesday's ruling disappointing and said it "strips patients and families of the choice to direct their own health care."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/18/supreme-court-transgender-transition-care-tennessee/ 

Trump administration sued over order banning transgender healthcare for minors | Reuters

In a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration in Maryland federal court, the families, who are represented by Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union, allege that the order discriminates against transgender people and goes beyond Trump's authority as president…

https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-sued-over-order-banning-transgender-healthcare-minors-2025-02-04/

Iowa officials ban Satanic event over made-up claim that it'd be "harmful to minors”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RGzJXtt5yQ

Montana supreme court blocks ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors

State's top court temporarily stops SB 99 on grounds that it will likely violate privacy rights enshrined in constitution…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/11/montana-blocks-ban-gender-affirming-care-trans-minors

A sham medical group put out an anti-trans statement. Conservatives took the bait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtNzaPvG070

Tennessee governor signs bill penalizing adults who help minors get abortions | Tennessee | The Guardian

Tennessee's governor has approved legislation designed to block adults from helping minors get an abortion or receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, proposals that are both likely to face immediate legal challenges when they go into effect later this year…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/29/tennessee-abortion-bill

 

Poultry plant could be closed for 30 days for allegedly hiring minors

At least two children have already been killed while working in Mar-Jac Poultry plants in the US south over the last year…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/18/mar-jac-poultry-child-labor-violations

‘I can’t believe we’re having this conversation’: the states pushing for 14-year-olds to serve alcohol | Child labour | The Guardian

"There's a reason we've always said minors are at higher risk of assault in certain environments." Srinivas says. "And that's what [the new law is] opening the door to. When it comes to bars, we've seen the data show over and over again that the presence of alcohol does create risk of sexual assault for all people working in that environment."

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jul/31/republicans-child-labor-bars-alcohol-service-age-wisconsin

10 year old Ohio abortion: 2 more raped minors denied Ohio abortions

The affidavits filed in late August and early September by workers at abortion clinics provide further evidence that child and teen rape and subsequent pregnancy is a problem in Ohio. But so long as fetal cardiac activity is detected, SB 23 requires such victims to either have those babies or scramble out of state and try to find an abortion...

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2022/09/27/affidavits-2-more-raped-minors-were-denied-ohio-abortions/69520380007/

Threats against Boston Children's Hospital put all trans children at risk

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., introduced a bill in Congress on Friday that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors across the country. It's the most sweeping and draconian piece of legislation conjured by an ever more radicalized and violent anti-trans movement. While the bill sports only 14 Republican co-sponsors, its passage would likely become a priority if the GOP were to retake Congress this fall...

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/threats-against-boston-children-s-hospital-put-all-trans-children-n1298145

Trump Admin Deporting Unaccompanied Minors Due To Coronavirus Guidance

A refugee advocate said the administration was “using” a public health crisis “to advance their long-standing goal of overturning US laws protecting vulnerable children."....
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/coronavirus-unaccompanied-minors-deported

Appeals court says Trump admin cannot block unaccompanied migrant minors in custody from access to abortions - CNN Politics

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, Friday said the Trump administration cannot block pregnant unaccompanied migrant minors in federal custody from access to abortions.....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/politics/abortion-undocumented-migrant-minors-court-of-appeals/index.html

Trump’s Shutdown Offer Creates a De Facto Asylum Ban for Central American Minors - The Intercept

The GOP offer to Democrats would require Central American minors to request asylum from their home countries and sets a cap for granting asylum.....
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/22/central-american-minors-trump-asylum/

Treatment and rhetoric about undocumented children put the Trump administration in a new category on hard-line immigration policy - The Washington Post: Analysis |

Trump's comments about unaccompanied minors are increasingly raising concerns. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/25/treatment-and-rhetoric-about-undocumented-children-put-the-trump-administration-in-a-new-category-on-hard-line-immigration-policy/