Leading Off: Intimidation of doctors and invasion of patient privacy are being fought in the courts. A radical right-wing assault on academic freedom is headed there as well. The week’s top story lines.

The Missouri Attorney General wrote an op-ed proudly distorting the science in a victory lap for ignorance and hate.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center complied with a request for private medical data on trans patients, leaving patients and their families fearing political reprisals from a trans-obsessed Republican party.