Doctor That Specializes in Transgender Care Takes Employer to Court

A Dallas doctor who treats transgender children is taking her employer to court.

The petition accuses UTSW Medical Center of abruptly cutting off care to new patients in November.

The petition says halting gender-affirming health care violates the university's non-discrimination policy and prevents her from using “independent medical judgment to provide gender-affirming care to specific patients solely on the grounds of the patient’s gender identity.”It also accuses Attorney General Ken Paxton and Governor Abbott of helping allow gender-affirming care to become a “political wedge issue.

To get answers, she's seeking depositions and documents, including emails and texts from the presidents of UTSW Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center Dallas.In a statement, a spokesperson wrote:

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