A Dallas doctor is facing a lawsuit from the state of Texas for illegally providing cross-sex hormones to transgender youth.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday that Dr. May Lau provided banned “sex-changing” hormones to more than 20 young people in violation of a Republican-backed ban that went into effect in Texas last year. announced that it would file a lawsuit against Dr. May Lau.
The case is the first time a state has attempted to enforce a law banning transgender medical procedures for minors, according to the Associated Press.
“Today, enforcement begins against those who violated the law,” the attorney general's office said in a lawsuit filed in suburban Collin County.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attended a criminal trial in New York with former President Trump on April 30th. (Justin Lane/Reuters)
Texas law does not allow doctors to administer surgeries, puberty suppressants or cross-sex hormones to children to affirm a child's self-proclaimed gender identity that is inconsistent with their biological sex.
The complaint alleges that Lau, a professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and an expert in adolescent medicine, sexually abused children between the ages of 14 and 17 for the purpose of transitioning to malehood or confirming their gender identity. Alleges he illegally prescribed testosterone to at least 21 women. . The article calls Lau a “detractor” and “radical gender activist.”
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LGBTQ+ activists protest against Senate Bill 14, which would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender children, at the Texas State Capitol on Friday, May 12, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (AP)
Lau states, “Medical records, prescriptions, etc. to demonstrate that the prescription for testosterone is for a purpose other than transitioning the child's biological sex or affirming the child's belief that the child's biological sex is inconsistent with the child's biological sex. , and falsifying billing records.''
The state of Texas told the court that Mr. Lau prescribed testosterone and estrogen to minors for the purpose of sex reassignment, and that he “wrote prescriptions based on false diagnoses, including endocrine disorders, and was responsible for the cost of sex reassignment treatment.” The petitioner sought an injunction to stop him from claiming the same. ” Mr. Lau faces a fine of up to $10,000 for each violation.
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Doctor's hand holding two injection vials for treatment of testosterone and estrogen hormones (St. Petersburg)
Dr. Lau and UT Southwestern did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
“Texas passed a law to protect children from dangerous, unscientific medical interventions that have irreversible and harmful effects,” Paxton said in a statement. “Doctors who continue to offer these harmful 'sex-changing' drugs and treatments will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
At least 26 states have adopted laws restricting or prohibiting transgender medical procedures for transgender minors, and most of those states are facing lawsuits. A federal judge struck down the bans in Arkansas and Florida as unconstitutional, but a federal appeals court left the Florida ruling in place. In Montana, a judge has issued a temporary order blocking enforcement of the ban. New Hampshire's restrictions are scheduled to go into effect in January.
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The lawsuit comes weeks before the election, with Republicans attacking Democrats for supporting hormone therapy for transgender people and gender reassignment surgery for minors. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has repeatedly accused his Democratic challenger, Rep. Colin Allred, of supporting transgender rights.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a ban on transgender medical procedures. He is also the first governor to order an investigation into parents seeking transgender status for their children.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
