Plaintiff:	AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, INC., AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION, d/b/a Massachusetts Public Health Alliance, JANE DOE, MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, INC., JANE DOE 2, JANE DOE 3 and SOCIETY FOR MATERNAL-FETAL MEDICINE
Defendant:	ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR., in the official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, US FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION, JAY BHATTACHARYA, in the official capacities as Director of the National Institutes of Health and as Acting Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MARTIN MAKARY, in the official capacity as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, DOES 1-50, inclusive and KYLE DIAMANTAS, in the official capacity as Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration
Petitioner:	AMERICA'S FUTURE and CONSERVATIVE LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND
Interested Party:	ANDREA SHAW, DR. PAUL THOMAS, SHANTICIA NELSON, DR. KENNETH STOLLER, CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE, JOSE A. PEREZ, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NURSE-MIDWIVES, AMERICAN GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE, COUNCIL OF CHAIRS OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS IN WOMEN'S HEALTH, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NORTH AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT GYNECOLOGY, SOCIETY FOR ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND MEDICINE, SOCIETY OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE, SOCIETY OF GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY, SOCIETY OF GYNECOLOGIC SURGEONS, SOCIETY OF OB/GYN HOSPITALISTS, PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY, INC., DEFEND PUBLIC HEALTH, LYNN R. GOLDMAN, MD, MPH, MS, TIMOTHY STOLTZFUS JOST, JD, PAULA LANTZ, PhD, JEFFREY LEVI, PhD, FRANCES MILLER, JD, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSING, CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSON, JD, PhD, SARA ROSENBAUM, JD, WILLIAM M. SAGE, MD, JD, JOSHUA M. SHARFSTEIN, MD, MD, LAURA STEPHENS, JD, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF IMMUNOLOGISTS, AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY, NETWORK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA, & IMMUNOLOGY, 119 DEANS, CHAIRS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH POLICY SCHOLARS, NICOLE L. HUBERFELD, JD and AMERICA'S PHYSICIAN GROUPS
Case Number:	26-1503
Filed:	May 1, 2026
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Statutes

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