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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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[–] [email protected] 92 points 6 months ago

I think it's hilarious that the Texas officials are trying to spin this as "We drove those evil child mutilators out of our state!" while SCH is just like "We never actually did any business in Texas. This doesn't impact us."

[–] BigMikeInAustin 75 points 6 months ago

Good!

Remember just a few years ago when the Republicans were crying about their vaccine status being a health issue and not wanting anyone to ask about it.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I dunno where Republicans got this idea that they can control the behavior of their citizens in other States but it's unbelievably fucking stupid and enraging. No one is "owned" by a State simply because they are a resident of it. That's some straight up Lord / Serf kind of thinking.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Your mistake is in thinking that it's just Republicans that think you're a peasant.

Some oligarchs might just believe, at least a little, in noblesse oblige, but the thing about noblesse oblige is it's still a declaration of innate superiority.

[–] Seleni -1 points 6 months ago

They got it from China probably.

[–] Viking_Hippie 52 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Paxton, a ~~staunch conservative who has helped drive GOP efforts that target the rights of trans people~~ fascist and a bigot

There, fixed it for them.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago

He's also a felon, so there's that...

[–] mipadaitu 37 points 6 months ago

Would be great if there was a precedent set that this type of lawsuit wasn't allowed, but I'm glad we're not gambling those kid's safety on a Texas court, even if it was in Austin.

[–] Sterile_Technique 31 points 6 months ago

Might be time to start paper-charting for politically sensitive operations. Billing and everything. Get the process done, give a copy to the patient to do with what they will, and shred everything hospital side.

Protecting patient's from neonazis is becoming a routine part of healthcare.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Rich old white dude: is disgrace; lives in Texas

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

That's a terrible haiku.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The party of States' Rights™ going outside of their states' jurisdiction to enforce state-level laws. All this work, and for what? To make a handful of people miserable, who found help at this particular hospital? For the legal precedent to make more people miserable?

[–] TankovayaDiviziya 4 points 6 months ago

All this work, and for what? To make a handful of people miserable, who found help at this particular hospital?

To please the religious. For them they are doing lord's work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

For the legal precedent to make more people miserable?

Shopping for a case that the SCOTUS might hear.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This shitstain tried really hard to make a loss sound like a win. He failed miserably.

“When we merely began asking questions, [someone needs to tell him that ‘only asking questions’ has become a joke about sealioning] they decided to leave the State of Texas [I don’t understand how they could ‘leave’ when they never advertised or did business there in the first place] and forfeit the opportunity to do business here,[which was probably a very easy choice for a business based in Seattle]” Paxton said in a news release Monday.

[–] motor_spirit 4 points 6 months ago

Stupid fucks lmao