On July 7, 2025, the American Academy of Pediatrics, joined by the American College of Physicians, the American Public Health Association, and others, filed suit in American Academy of Pediatrics v. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to restore science to U.S. vaccine policy development and ensure pediatricians are able to do their jobs taking care of patients.
This is not the first time the AAP has sued the federal government in the name of protecting children’s health. In 1983, the AAP successfully sued along with other medical organizations to oppose federal regulations that intruded into the physician-patient relationship. We have also sued various government agencies in recent years over policies related to environmental health and tobacco products.
Today, AAP is once again taking legal action to protect children. Watch here.
“The American Academy of Pediatrics is alarmed by recent decisions by HHS to alter the routine childhood immunization schedule. These decisions are founded in fear and not evidence, and will make our children and communities more vulnerable to infectious diseases like measles, whooping cough, and influenza.”
Vaccines are an American success story. Legal action is pursued to restore science to U.S. vaccination policy and protect children and communities from devastating diseases, the AAP will continue to provide science-based, trusted recommendations to guide pediatricians and reassure families, as they have been doing since the earliest days of the AAP.
Plaintiffs of this suit include:
- American Public Health Association
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Infectious Disease Society of America
- American College of Physicians
- Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Massachusetts Public Health Alliance