Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office is suing an El Paso doctor for allegedly providing gender transition drugs and treatments to minors in violation of state law.
Paxton, a Republican, alleges that Dr. Hector M. Granados, who is a pediatric endocrinologist, is breaking the state’s 2023 law that prohibits the prescription of puberty blockers and other “transitioning” drugs and therapies to minors. The law was upheld in June by the Texas Supreme Court, according to KFOX-TV.
Paxton says that Dr. Granados knowingly broke the law and continued to provide minor patients with transgendering therapies. He also says that Granados has engaged in falsifying medical records to hide his activities.
“Texas is cracking down on doctors illegally prescribing dangerous ‘gender transition’ drugs to children. State law forbids prescribing these interventions to minors because…
