Law's Sharona Hoffman discusses Trump administration’s Hoffman on Trump-era efforts to use patient data, restrict transgender youth care

Tong, Trump clash over patient privacy, transgender youth

Connecticut Examiner: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said subpoenas for medical records must be specific and limited, noting immigration is not a legitimate reason to demand such data. Hoffman’s comments come as courts weigh the Trump administration’s attempts to use patient information for immigration enforcement and restrict transgender youth healthcare.