The Department of Justice is warning New York Attorney General Letitia James to back away from her fight with NYU Langone Health over its decision to stop providing certain transgender treatments to minors, arguing the law does not require the hospital to offer the treatments.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a letter Wednesday obtained by Fox News Digital that the DOJ disagreed with James' determination that NYU Langone's policy was discriminatory. Blanche warned the department would defend the hospital in litigation if James moved forward with suing, threatening a legal fight over the state's authority over the hospital and medical discretion when it comes to gender-related treatments.
Blanche's letter comes after James' office recently said it would take "further action" against NYU Langone, alleging it was violating a state anti-discrimination law. That law, Blanche said, "prohibits discrimination based on, among other things, sex, gender identity, and disability" and was not applicable to the hospital's transgender treatment program.