Texas Children’s Hospital has stopped prescribing gender-affirming hormone therapies...
One of the Texas Children's Hospital buildings is shown in the Texas Medical Center Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 in Houston.Texas Children’s Hospital has stopped prescribing gender-affirming hormone therapies — a move that could affect thousands of transgender children in Texas — in response to a controversial directive from state leaders to investigate medical treatments for transgender youth as child abuse.
Armed with a nonbinding opinion by Attorney General Ken Paxton, Gov. Greg Abbott last month ordered the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents who seek gender-affirming care as child abusers. Earlier this week, a Travis County district judge stopped the state agency from investigating the parents of a 16-year-old who underwent gender-affirming care.
Dr. Moira Szilagyi, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said parents trust pediatricians to help their children stay healthy and thrive. Lou Weaver, a transgender man in Houston and community advocate for transgender children and adults, said very few facilities offer gender-affirming care for children. Texas Children’s is among the biggest programs in the state that offer it, he said.
“They are likely already planning whether they’ll have to go out of state or to Mexico for care,” he said.
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