RFK Jr overstepped in declaring gender-affirming treatments unsafe, judge rules

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's health secretary, overstepped his authority when he declared gender-affirming treatments unsafe in December, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Judge Mustafa Kasubhai found that Kennedy failed to follow proper administrative procedures required before issuing the 12-page declaration. The ruling represents a setback for the Trump administration's push to restrict access to gender transition procedures. Kennedy's declaration lacked the procedural groundwork—likely including public notice and comment periods—that federal law mandates for such determinations. The decision could complicate future Trump administration efforts to limit these treatments through executive action.