A Philadelphia Congressman is leading an effort to urge the Department of Justice to push back against threats made to children’s hospitals nationally, including Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, for providing care to transgender youth.
Democrat Dwight Evans helped coordinate a letter from more than 30 Democratic members of the House of Representatives to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking him to take action countering “threats of violence against health care providers and patients due to anti-transgender extremism.”
He and other co-signees on Monday shared with The Inquirer the letter sent at the end of last week.
Last month, three major medical associations — the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the Children’s Hospital Association — sent a letter to Garland asking him to investigate the threats.
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On Friday, members of Congress asked Garland to outline the steps the Department of Justice is taking to respond to threats online and in person.
“Online posts by social media accounts spreading disinformation about transgender and nonbinary individuals have spurred real-life consequences for health care providers throughout the country and for their patients,” the lawmakers wrote.
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