Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records regarding gender-affirming treatment potentially given to children from Texas as part of a lawsuit settlement announced Monday.

Seattle Children’s Hospital filed the lawsuit against Paxton’s office in December in response to the Republican appearing to go beyond state borders to investigate transgender health care. Paxton, a staunch conservative who has helped drive GOP efforts that target the rights of trans people, sent similar letters to Texas hospitals last year.

The Seattle hospital said in a statement that it had “successfully fought” the “overreaching demands to obtain confidential patient information.” A judge in Austin dismissed the lawsuit Friday, saying the parties had settled their dispute.

Texas is among states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.

  • @Chocrates
    6•8 months ago

    It was the worst in Houston I think. Austin (I lived in the area for he entire time I was there) was never too bad, but the city was so liberal it was hard to get a county clerk that wanted to be a dick.

    • @[email protected]
      2•8 months ago

      Yeah, I’ve always voted in Arlington. They make you go to a specific polling place (or at least they told me they do, I didn’t show up at the “wrong” one to check), but otherwise they’re perfectly nice, provided you have ID and are registered. Line usually takes at most 30m, usually 0-15.