EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued an El Paso doctor for “illegally providing ‘gender transition’ treatments to Texas children,” according to a press release from Paxton’s office and court filings.
The court filing identifies Hector M. Granados as the defendant in the lawsuit and is being accused of providing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children for the purpose of transitioning their biological sex.
According to Granados’ website, he specializes in pediatric endocrinology and has two offices in El Paso. One is located at 2270 Joe Battle Boulevard, Suite E, and the other is located at 9001 Cashew Drive, Suite 100.
The lawsuit argues that Senate Bill 14, a Texas law prohibiting physicians and health care providers from providing, prescribing, administering, or dispensing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children for the purpose of transitioning their biological sex took effect on Sept. 1, 2023, and was upheld by the Texas Supreme Court in June of this year.
However, Granados is accused of writing prescriptions for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors as recently as Aug. 19, with patients filling the prescriptions as recently as Oct. 12.
“Medical providers who violate SB 14 are liable for penalties, and the law also directs that the Texas Medical Board ‘shall revoke the medical license or other authorization to practice medicine of a physician who violates’ the statute,” Paxton’s Office said.
Granados is also being accused of engaging in false, misleading, and deceptive acts to “intentionally conceal the unlawful conduct by falsifying medical records, prescriptions, and billing records to conceal that his treatments and prescriptions were for the purposes of transitioning a child’s biological sex…”
“Growing scientific evidence strongly suggests that ‘gender transition’ interventions prescribed to or performed on children in an attempt to anatomically or hormonally alter their biological sex characteristics have damaging, long-term consequences. Additionally, the prohibited treatments are experimental, and no scientific evidence supports their supposed benefits,” Paxton’s Office said.
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