Texas AG Ken Paxton sues pediatrician accused of administering hormone treatment to 21 teens

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed the state’s first lawsuit against a doctor under a law banning gender-affirming care for minors.

Paxton accuses Dr. May Lau, a pediatrician at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, of providing gender transition treatments and falsifying medical records and prescriptions to do so.

The lawsuit claims Lau prescribed testosterone to at least 21 patients between the ages of 14 and 17.

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It also accuses Lau of installing a puberty-blocking device in a 15-year-old and falsely billing the patient’s insurance for an endocrine disorder instead of gender dysmorphia.

This is Paxton’s first attempt to sue a doctor under Senate Bill 14, which passed in 2023.

The law prohibits doctors from prescribing hormones and other gender-affirming treatments to minors.

“Texas passed legislation to protect children from these dangerous, unscientific medical interventions that have irreversible and damaging effects,” Paxton said in a statement. “Doctors who continue to provide these harmful “gender transition” medications and treatments will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. »

If Lau is found guilty, her medical license could be revoked.

Paxton is also seeking $1 million, plus civil penalties.