“Unbearable”: Doctors treating trans kids are leaving Texas, exacerbating adolescent care crisis

People gather in March in front of the Texas Capitol during a protest against bills limiting transgender kids’ access to puberty blockers and hormone treatments. (Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune)

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At least once a day Dr. Ximena Lopez sees a parent crying in her clinic. They’re crying because Lopez just told them they need to find a new way to get transition-related care for their children — by leaving Texas or sourcing treatments outside the state — because the state outlawed these treatments for trans youth.