AG Ken Paxton's office announced they will be determining if Texas Children's Hospital is 'actively engaging in illegal behavior and performing 'gender transitioning' procedures on children.'
But even before those treatments are formally banned, Paxton has used the might of his office to try and stop hospitals from providing this care. Two weeks ago,
into Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, citing allegations from a hidden camera video investigation from the conservative activist group Project Veritas.from Dell Children's, telling them their appointments were canceled and their doctors had parted ways with the adolescent health clinic. Now, Paxton's office is looking into Texas Children's, the largest children's hospital in the country. Last year,it would stop providing certain transition-related care, but this week, City Journal, published by the conservative Manhattan Institute, reported that the hospital had resumed those treatments.
In a statement, Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee called for an investigation into how City Journal obtained the medical records at the center of its article, and said Texas Children's should fire or terminate the contract of anyone found to have leaked medical records in violation of federal patient privacy laws.
"The Attorney General has used this violation of the personal information of minors to launch a legally baseless investigation, erroneously claiming that providing gender-affirming care violates Texas law," Menefee said. "If providing this type of care for children were currently illegal, we wouldn't see Republican legislators spending all their waking hours trying to pass
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