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submitted 11 hours ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 18 points 6 hours ago

Fuck Ken Paxton. I hope he gets trapped in quicksand inhabited by starving sand fleas.

[-] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Or maybe strapped to a tree in a forest full of hungry grizzly bears

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 hours ago

Yes, although that would arguably be too quick 🤔

[-] BobbyGasoline@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Or maybe strapped to a tree in a forest full of ~~hungry~~ horny grizzly bears. Is that better?

[-] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 106 points 10 hours ago

To add to the pile of evidence that this is all just hateful bigotry and has nothing to do with children's safety, cisgender children can still legally access these drugs, but not for the purpose of transitioning genders. The same drugs can still be used to delay aggressive puberty, which is a standard and relatively common usage, as well as other conditions that might affect a cisgender child. But a trans child who needs the same drugs for a different reason, will be told too bad, you're out of luck. So two children could walk into the same doctor's office and one will be turned away and forced to suffer through their gender dysphoria, with permanent repercussions for their mental health and body, and the other child will be treated with the drugs they need to be treated with. It's absurdly unfair, unequal, and purposefully harmful to a vulnerable population.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 5 hours ago

We should punish the people hurting our children, like this jackass attorney general preventing them from getting treatment for Gender Dysphoria.

[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 63 points 11 hours ago

Ken Paxton is a blight on humanity.

[-] Gorram_Reavers@lemmy.world 30 points 10 hours ago

Who will rid me of this troublesome AG

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago
[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

We don't have too much of that left.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

we can't buy more time
’cause time won't accept our money

[-] confluence@lemmy.world 39 points 10 hours ago

As doctors continue to flee the state

[-] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 22 points 9 hours ago

My doctor closed her practice in the state. She's the kindest doctor I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with, and I'm sad that I have to find a new one.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 37 points 11 hours ago

This doc is a hero!

Also, wouldn’t it be cool to send a message to Paxton, and send a few fed lawyers to be her defense…. ? (Biden… I’m looking at you.)

[-] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 19 points 10 hours ago

Ken Paxton is a ghoul

[-] kevin@programming.dev 7 points 8 hours ago

If he wanted to find a criminal, just look in the mirror.

[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

America, home of the free.

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 13 points 10 hours ago

and 'dont tread on me' texas of all places

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 16 points 9 hours ago

It's more like this:

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

Why does he look like that alien from Men In Black that's basically just a giant space roach wearing a human's skin?

[-] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 hours ago

Ken "Edgar" Paxton

this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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