Republican Ken Paxton sued the Dallas physician for allegedly violating a 2023 state ban on transgender care for minors.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a Dallas doctor on Thursday, alleging that she violated state law by providing gender-affirming treatments to minors. The suit marks the first time an attorney general has brought a legal challenge against an individual doctor for allegedly violating a state restriction on gender-affirming care for minors.
Paxton alleges that Lau is a “radical gender activist” because of her research background and practice working with transgender and gender-nonconforming youth. In the suit, he wrote that Lau used “false diagnoses and billing codes on transgender patients” to write prescriptions for puberty blockers and testosterone for patients who filled or refilled them after SB 14 took effect.Neither Lau nor her employer, UT Southwestern, immediately responded to requests for comment.
Two years ago, he also issued an opinion in which he concluded that gender-affirming treatments for children constituted “child abuse” under state law.Thank you for your past contribution to HuffPost. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone.
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