According to a Nov. 8 news release from the attorney general’s office, Brett Cooper, MD, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Campus in Dallas, prescribed hormone replacement therapy to minors as recently as Sept. 25, a violation of Texas law SB 14. The state alleges that Dr. Cooper falsified medical and billing records to conceal the nature of the prescriptions.
SB 14 was passed in September 2023 and upheld by the Texas Supreme Court in June, which prohibits “gender transition” medical interventions such as surgeries, puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy for minors.
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