The suit is the first by an attorney general against an individual doctor for allegedly violating a restriction on gender-affirming care for minors.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a Dallas doctor Thursday accusing her of providing transition-related care to nearly two dozen minors in violation of state law.

Paxton alleged that Dr. May Chi Lau, who specializes in adolescent medicine, provided hormone replacement therapy to 21 minors between October 2023 and August for the purpose of transitioning genders. In 2023, Texas enacted a law, Senate Bill 14, banning hormone replacement therapy and other forms of gender-affirming care for minors.

  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    30 days ago

    The problem is that you’re not the one deciding what drug to prescribe. The government is.

    And even if you were, shouldn’t the decision on “where to draw the line” be made by the parent, the child, and their doctor?

    We can have all the philosophical conversations you want but we have people who are being affected by this right now.

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      29 days ago

      We can have all the philosophical conversations you want but we have people who are being affected by this right now.

      Yeah, this is why I downvoted the original “cocaine” comment.

      Even if it was “thinking out loud,” it’s just an absurd thing to say when we are talking about children’s lives here.