""This is not a case about whether AAP or HHS is right or even has the better position on vaccinations and gender-affirming care for children, or any other public health policy," Howell wrote in her decision. "This is a case about whether the federal government has exercised power in a manner designed to chill public health policy debate by retaliating against a leading and generally trusted pediatrician member professional organization focused on improving the health of children," the judge continued."
""A U.S. District Court judge sided with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) late Sunday night in a ruling that temporarily restores $12 million in funding to the group. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy abruptly cancelled previously awarded grants worth $18 million to AAP in December, in what the children's health group called a \"retaliatory move.\" U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington, D.C. agreed, restoring a portion of the funding as AAP's lawsuit against the Trump administration plays out.""
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell temporarily restored $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy canceled previously awarded grants totaling $18 million. The AAP described the December cancellations as a "retaliatory move." Howell framed the legal question as whether the federal government exercised power to chill public health policy debate by retaliating against a widely trusted pediatric professional organization. Trump administration officials cited AAP's use of "identity-based language" and references to racial disparities and "pregnant people" as reasons for the cuts. The AAP had criticized Kennedy's changes to federal vaccine policy and supports gender-affirming care for trans youth.
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