Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit against a Dallas physician for providing gender transition care to almost two dozen minors against a controversial state law.

Republican Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against a Dallas physician for allegedly violating a 2023 state ban providing gender-affirming healthcare services to trans minors is the first of its kind.

The Republican attorney general said the lawsuit marked the beginning of his enforcement of Texas’ Senate Bill 14, which bans gender-affirming care for minors.

The lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton marks the first enforcement action against a physician under Senate Bill 14.

The lawsuit claims pediatrician May Lau provided hormone treatments to at least 21 patients between the ages of 14 and 17.

In the first test of Senate Bill 14, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused Dr. May Lau of providing testosterone to at least 21 teens.

Texas has sued a Dallas doctor for allegedly providing gender-affirming care to transgender youths, marking a significant enforcement of recent Republican-driven bans.

A law passed by the state Legislature last year prohibits doctors from performing “gender transition” surgeries on minors; it also forbids doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children.

Texas AG Ken Paxton has sued a doctor for providing gender-affirming care to young people in the state, in what’s believed to be the first such lawsuit in the nation.

A Texas doctor faces a lawsuit from the state after allegedly prescribing transgender hormone treatments to over 20 biological females in violation of a Republican-backed ban.

Texas's Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against a doctor for allegedly violating state law by providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors.