This is the type of information that needs to be put on full blast in the state. If they believe children cannot consent, cannot be old enough to make their own decisions, and cannot escape their parent’s control, then this needs to be shoved into their faces. You want to make abortion illegal? Fine, but either you make an exception that allows minors to undergo the process or be fed details on the consequences of your decisions on a daily basis. You don’t get to sweep this under the rug and pretend it doesn’t involve you. YOU put this additional barrier upon a minor; YOU decided the child must undergo birthing that baby; YOU prioritized the fetus over the human.

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The physician claims to have not provided any gender-affirming care since May 2023 prior to the bill going into effect. Paxton’s lawsuit alleges that the physician has prescribed gender-affirming/transition medication as recently as October 2024.

If the physician is being honest, sounds like the lawsuit is misguided by jumping to conclusions about the use case of some prescriptions. It will be interesting to see how it plays out if Paxton’s team continues to prosecute as it could be incredibly embarrassing for him and his office.

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In reading the lawsuit, they enumerate several patients who they allege were “falsely diagnosed” as having precocious puberty and were then prescribed blockers. They also note the age ranges (8-13 for girls, 9-14 for boys) that is considered normal for puberty and state that puberty occurring before these ages is considered precocious puberty. All patients enumerated are 11 or older when seen, diagnosed, and prescribed medication.

Independent of the morality of the law and the method of enforcement, it would seem they have a considerable amount of evidence already. Either the physician was indeed misdiagnosing, or there are medical caveats involved here that would require medical expertise (which I do not have) that would support the physician’s actions and will show that SB 14 is overly broad and may prevent proper care to be given to children. I’m hoping for the latter.

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