Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to pull funding from a children’s hospital after a doctor went viral for telling patients they are not legally required to disclose their citizenship status.

Dr. Tony Pastor, an adult congenital cardiologist at Texas Children’s Hospital and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, posted a video on TikTok, responding to Abbott’s executive orderrequiring Texas public hospitals that accept Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Plan to report on health care for undocumented immigrants. The order was implemented Nov. 1.

  • @ovalofsand
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    7520 hours ago

    Take money away from a children’s hospital? I don’t know if that would go over well

    • @Noodle07
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      1614 hours ago

      They wouldn’t be sick in the first place if they were good Christians

      • Irremarkable
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        1818 hours ago

        To be entirely fair that’s a ridiculously low bar to clear considering they hate children.

          • Bakkoda
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            616 hours ago

            I really don’t want to be a judgemental prick but even if you didn’t know the context of this photo… Look at those absolute ghoulish looking humans. Holy shit.

    • Flying Squid
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      1516 hours ago

      All they have to say is something like the doctors are forcing the kids to become transgender and the Trump fans will all scream about how it must be shut down.

      • @StupidBrotherInLaw
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        612 hours ago

        Don’t forget how the medical staff molests kids under anesthesia. The MAGATs love their paedo hunts.

      • Flying Squid
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        816 hours ago

        They hate them before they’re born too. Have you ever heard about them calling for any sort of free prenatal care? Let alone free or even affordable healthcare for pregnant women? If your fetus dies but it could have been saved if you had the money, fuck you, lady. God’s will.