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Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues Doctor for Illegally Providing Harmful “Gender Transition” Treatments to Nearly Two Dozen Children… Elon Musk Weighs In

October 18, 2024

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sued a North Dallas doctor on Thursday for providing gender transition treatments to kids. – KHOU screengrab

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a north Dallas doctor Thursday accusing her of providing harmful gender transition treatments to nearly two dozen minors in violation of Texas state law.

AG Paxton filed suit against Dr. May Chi Lau who he claims provided hormone replacement therapy to 21 minors between October 2023 and August for the purpose of transitioning genders. Dr. May Lau, M.D. serves as the Medical Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult clinic at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

Texas state law that passed in September 2023 clearly prohibits “gender transition” medical interventions such as surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones for minors.

The Texas Supreme Court upheld the gender transition care last year.

Attorney General Paxton posted this statement on Twitter.

BREAKING: My Office Sues Doctor for Illegally Providing Harmful “Gender Transition” Treatments to Nearly Two Dozen Texas Children

My office has sued a North Texas doctor for blatantly violating Texas law by providing prohibited “gender transition” treatments to… https://t.co/8oyNSIR6bE

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) October 17, 2024

Elon Musk, who has a child who underwent gender transition treatments, weighed in on today’s news, saying, “Children cannot consent.”

BREAKING: My Office Sues Doctor for Illegally Providing Harmful “Gender Transition” Treatments to Nearly Two Dozen Texas Children

My office has sued a North Texas doctor for blatantly violating Texas law by providing prohibited “gender transition” treatments to… https://t.co/8oyNSIR6bE

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) October 17, 2024

The Texas Attorney General’s Office released the following statement on today’s lawsuit.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a North Texas doctor for blatantly violating Texas law by providing prohibited “gender transition” treatments to nearly two dozen minors.

Senate Bill 14, a Texas law that took effect in September 2023 and was upheld by the Texas Supreme Court in June 2024, prohibits “gender transition” medical interventions such as surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones for minors. Growing scientific evidence strongly suggests that “gender transition” interventions prescribed to or performed on children in an attempt to anatomically or hormonally alter their biological sex characteristics have damaging, long-term consequences. Additionally, the prohibited treatments are experimental, and no scientific evidence supports their supposed benefits.

Texas law also directs that the Texas Medical Board “shall revoke the medical license or other authorization to practice medicine of a physician who violates” the provisions of SB14.

Evidence obtained by the Office of the Attorney General revealed that a Dallas-area doctor illegally provided high-dose cross-sex hormones to twenty-one minor patients for the direct purpose of “transitioning” the child’s biological sex. The doctor allegedly used false diagnoses and billing codes to mask these unlawful prescriptions.

“Texas passed a law to protect children from these dangerous unscientific medical interventions that have irreversible and damaging effects,” said Attorney General Paxton. “Doctors who continue to provide these harmful ‘gender transition’ drugs and treatments will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”