Seattle hospital won't turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Seattle hospital won’t turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas

BY JAMIE STENGLE
Updated 8:34 PM EDT, April 22, 2024

DALLAS (AP) — 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.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/seattle-hospital-texas-records-paxton-e1d308835657c40e2e176d7f11d7f749

[Old Crank]

1. Every news article needs to say

Paxton, a convicted criminal DA,... Not a staunch conservative.

[Ford_Prefect]

3. And in future "staunch conservative" should be replaced with the term "vicious sociopath" which is far more accurate.

The choices made by Paxton and others who hide behind that label are made from fear and misanthropy rather than principled philosophy.

[Goddessartist]

2. Excellent.

I love living just outside Seattle. Just a ferry ride away.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. ding. this .