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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Erum Salam

Texas doctors depart as attorney general investigates hospital’s gender-affirming care

The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, said doctors in service to ‘transgender extremism’ were sacrificing the health of children.
The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, said doctors in service to ‘transgender extremism’ were sacrificing the health of children. Photograph: Tony Gutierrez/AP

An investigation led by Republican Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has sent doctors at an Austin hospital into a panic, causing all the physicians in its adolescent medicine department to depart.

Earlier this week, Dell Children’s clinic, which provides gender-affirming care for trans children, announced to parents that they would need to find new providers for their children in transition.

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