Attorney General Ken Paxton made false assertions, omitted key facts and relied on debunked scientific claims when he determined that providing gender-affirming care to trans youth should constitute child abuse, according to medical and legal researchers.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces he will sue to challenge President Obama's transgender bathroom order during a news conference at the Price Daniels Building Wednesday May 25, 2016. JAY JANNER / AMERICAN-STATESMANAttorney General Ken Paxton made false assertions, omitted key facts and relied on debunked scientific claims when he determined that providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth should constitute child abuse, according to a team of medical and legal researchers.
“After examining the AG opinion ... we conclude that medical claims are not grounded in reputable science and are full of errors of omission and inclusion,” they wrote. “These errors, taken together, thoroughly discredit the AG opinion’s claim that standard medical care for transgender children and adolescents constitutes child abuse.”