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

Judge rules that Trump’s health secretary did not go through proper procedures when issuing declaration

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health secretary, overstepped his power when he declared that gender-affirming treatments are unsafe, a federal judge has ruled.

In a blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to limit access to gender transition procedures, Judge Mustafa Kasubhai ruled Thursday that Kennedy did not go through the proper procedures when issuing his 12-page declaration last December.