Texas sues doctor accused of violating trans youth healthcare ban

The state of Texas is suing a doctor for allegedly providing gender-affirming care to transgender youngsters, marking the first legal case against a medical professional since a ban on treatment passed into law.

The lawsuit, announced by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, has been brought against Dallas-based Dr May Lau who is alleged to have provided hormones to more than 20 minors.

Lau’s profile on the UT Southwestern Medical Center website, where she is an associate professor in the paediatrics department, says she specialises in “adolescent female and male sexual and reproductive health, including menstrual disorders, polycystic ovarian syndrome, dysmenorrhea, breast masses, gender dysphoria, education for, and treatment of, sexually transmitted infections, and the provision of contraception”.

In a press release, Republican Paxton said: “Texas passed a law to protect children from these dangerous unscientific

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