"According to , the Texas Medical Board confirmed that Dr. May Lau voluntarily surrendered her medical license. In a statement, Lau's attorney, Craig Smyser, said that she has decided to move her practice to Oregon and sees no reason to maintain her license to practice in Texas. Last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against Lau for allegedly providing gender-affirming care to minors in violation of S.B. 14."
"The state law, which went into effect in September 2023, bans doctors from prescribing hormone replacement therapy and puberty blockers to minors, and from performing gender-affirming surgery on minors. Paxton's suit accused Lau of prescribing hormone replacement therapy to at least 21 minors between October 2023 and August 2024. It further alleged that Lau "used false diagnoses and billing codes to mask these unlawful prescriptions.""
"Notably, Paxton's suit falsely referred to gender-affirming care as "dangerous and experimental" and a press release from his office claimed that there is "no scientific evidence" to support the benefits of gender-affirming medication. In fact, puberty blockers and hormone replacement drugs have for decades been used safely for the purposes of gender transition in trans minors and to treat other medical issues in cisgender children."
Dr. May Lau, a Dallas pediatrician who became the first doctor sued under Texas S.B.14, voluntarily surrendered her Texas medical license and plans to relocate her practice to Oregon. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit alleging Lau prescribed hormone replacement therapy to at least 21 minors between October 2023 and August 2024 and used false diagnoses and billing codes to conceal those prescriptions. S.B.14, effective September 2023, prohibits doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy, or performing gender-affirming surgery on minors. Major American medical associations and leading world health authorities endorse gender-affirming care as evidence-based and safe.
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