Texas AG sues doctor for providing gender-affirming care to minors

Oct 18, 2024

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By Lauren Taylor (Anchor), Shea Taylor (Producer), Jake Maslo (Video Editor)

Texas is suing a Dallas doctor who is accused of providing gender-affirming care to minors. The lawsuit, announced by the state’s Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton Thursday, Oct. 17, alleges Dr. May Lau provided hormones to more than 20 minors in violation of a Texas ban that took effect last year.

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This marks one of the first times any state has taken legal action to enforce a ban of this kind. Texas law bans transgender people under 18 from accessing hormone therapies, puberty blockers and transition surgeries.

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The lawsuit accuses Lau of “falsifying medical records, prescriptions, and billing records to represent that her testosterone prescriptions are for something other than transitioning a child’s biological sex or affirming a child’s belief that their gender identity is inconsistent with their biological sex.”

Paxton is asking the court for an injunction against Lau and for her to be fined as much as $10,000 per violation.

Tags: Children, Gender identity, Health, Health Care, Ken Paxton, Lawsuit, Mental health, prescription drugs, Puberty blockers, Reproductive health, teenagers, Texas, Transgender

TEXAS IS SUING A DALLAS DOCTOR – WHO’S ACCUSED OF PROVIDING GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE TO MINORS.

THE LAWSUIT – ANNOUNCED BY THE STATE’S REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON THURSDAY – ALLEGES DR. MAY LAU PROVIDED HORMONES TO MORE THAN 20 MINORS IN VIOLATION OF A TEXAS BAN THAT TOOK EFFECT LAST YEAR.

THIS MARKS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES ANY STATE HAS TAKEN LEGAL ACTION TO ENFORCE A BAN OF THIS KIND.

TEXAS LAW BANS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE UNDER 18 FROM ACCESSING HORMONE THERAPIES, PUBERTY BLOCKERS AND TRANSITION SURGERIES.

THE LAWSUIT ACCUSES LAU OF QUOTE “FALSIFYING MEDICAL RECORDS, PRESCRIPTIONS, AND BILLING RECORDS TO REPRESENT THAT HER TESTOSTERONE PRESCRIPTIONS ARE FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN TRANSITIONING A CHILD’S BIOLOGICAL SEX OR AFFIRMING A CHILD’S BELIEF THAT THEIR GENDER IDENTITY IS INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX.”

PAXTON IS ASKING THE COURT FOR AN INJUNCTION AGAINST LAU – AND FOR HER TO BE FINED AS MUCH AS 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS PER VIOLATION.