By Federal prosecutors have dropped all charges against Dr. Eithan Haim, a Dallas-based surgeon accused of leaking confidential medical records related to minors receiving gender transition-related care. The case, which sparked national debate on transgender healthcare, privacy rights, and the protection of whistleblowers had been closely watched by advocates and critics alike.
In June, the Biden administration began targeting Haim because he revealed that Texas Children’s Hospital had continued to perform transgender surgeries on minors despite an order to stop.
On the morning in June 2023 that Haim was to graduate from Texas Children Hospital’s residency program, federal agents knocked on his door. They had identified him as a potential “leaker,” presumably through forensic examination of the hospital’s computer systems. Shortly thereafter, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tina Ansari began threatening Haim with prosecution, wrote The City Journal.
Now, Ansari has made good on those threats. Earlier this week, U.S. marshals appeared at Haim’s home and summoned him to court to face an indictment on four felony counts of violating HIPAA. His initial appearance is next Monday, where he will learn more about the charges against him.
According to one of Haim’s attorneys, Marcella Burke, he is anxious to get to trial to get his side of the story told; she is confident that this will result in the correct decision being made. (For my own part, I can confirm that nothing in the information provided to me identified any individual; all the documents were, in fact, carefully redacted.) Nonetheless, the prosecutor has pressed forward, hoping, at the least, to intimidate other medical professionals who would consider blowing the whistle on the barbarism of “transgender medicine.”
The Haim case marks an inflection point in the debate on “gender-affirming care.” If Haim prevails, other courageous doctors and medical professionals will follow his lead and speak out. We will need all their voices if we are to succeed in shutting down the child sex-change business in the United States.
Now, with Trump in charge, Haim has been vindicated.
The motion to dismiss, filed by Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Lowery of the Southern District of Texas, did not specify the reasons for ending the prosecution, explained The Texas Tribune. Dr. Haim had faced four charges for allegedly disclosing protected health information, a violation of federal privacy laws. His case had become a focal point in the polarized discussions around gender-affirming care for minors.
Haim admitted to sharing the records with conservative activist Christopher Rufo, who published details in a May 2023 article. The leaked information originated from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, the largest pediatric hospital in the country. At the time of the leak, gender-affirming care for minors was legal in Texas, though the hospital had announced plans to halt such services after Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed state agencies to investigate families seeking transition-related care for their children. However, the Texas Supreme Court later ruled that Abbott did not have the authority to enforce such investigations.
Throughout the legal proceedings, Dr. Haim maintained that his actions did not violate the law, arguing that the disclosed information was not personally identifiable. Despite his defense, the leak was widely condemned by privacy advocates and LGBTQ+ organizations, who viewed it as a breach of trust and a threat to patient confidentiality.
The controversy grew after Rufo’s article was published, prompting swift legislative action in Texas. State lawmakers passed a law banning gender-affirming care for minors, which encompasses a range of services, including counseling, social support, puberty blockers, and, in rare cases, surgery. The legislation intensified existing divisions over transgender healthcare.
Haim’s wife, Andrea, publicly criticized the prosecution, claiming the Department of Justice had been “weaponized” against her husband. Her comments echoed concerns raised by conservative politicians, including Donald Trump, who recently signed an executive order targeting abuses within the justice system.
🚨BREAKING
Trump’s DOJ just filed to dismiss the case against @EithanHaim, the doctor who blew the whistle on “gender-affirming care”‼️
Thank you, President Trump! pic.twitter.com/zL06C8Gb1g
— Tyler O’Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) January 24, 2025
Texas Representative Brian Harrison, a Republican from Midlothian, welcomed the dismissal and described Haim as a whistleblower. Harrison called for an investigation into the issues Haim had allegedly uncovered. “We still must get to the bottom of the potential crimes he exposed, for which he should’ve been praised, not prosecuted,” Harrison wrote in a social media post.
Just got off the phone with @EithanHaim congratulating him this nightmare is over!
We still must get to the bottom of the potential crimes he exposed, for which he should’ve been praised… not prosecuted.
Huge shout out to his lawyer and my long time friend @marellaburke! https://t.co/5gKKpW4cPA
— Brian Harrison (@brianeharrison) January 24, 2025
Trump promised during the campaign to take efforts by Democrats to use the Department of Justice to target conservatives who have spoken out about their abuses.
So far, so good.
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