Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday announced an investigation into Texas Children’s Hospital to find out whether they are “unlawfully” providing gender transition care, according to a news release.
to stop young Texans from accessing transgender care. The state Senate agreed to a final draft of the legislation earlier this week. Once signed, the law would take effect Sept. 1. A statewide directive to investigate medical treatment for transgender youth as child abuse has been paused sincePaxton, whose office did not respond to follow-up questions by Friday afternoon, continues to assert that gender transition care amounts to child abuse.
The spokesperson added that the hospital is not canceling any appointments related to transgender care. “This illicit release of medical records puts children and their families at risk, and swift action must be taken to ensure that this does not happen again,” he said. “I have spoken with representatives at Texas Children’s Hospital and understand that the hospital will fully investigate how this happened and notify all impacted families if their information was released. I expect they will fully disclose what they find to the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
“Texas Children’s has zero tolerance for these actions and will fully cooperate with law enforcement to ensure that those responsible are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” the spokesperson said.
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