A lawsuit against Hector Granados, MD, one of the first physicians to be accused of illegally providing gender affirming care to minors, has been dropped, ABC News reported Sept. 10.
Dr. Granados, a pediatric endocrinologist in El Paso, Texas, was first accused of violating the state’s 2023 ban on providing gender-affirming care to minors in October 2024. The lawsuit sought to impose steep fines and threatened to revoke his medical license.
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office told ABC News that it did not find any legal violations after a “review of the evidence and Granados’ complete medical records.”
Dr. Granados told the news outlet that Mr. Paxton’s office never reached out before suing him, adding that he wished the state had allowed him to show evidence that he had stopped providing gender-affirming care for youth before the law took effect. Dr. Granados also said that while he did continue to prescribe puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy, those treatments were for youth with endocrine disorders — not for gender transition.
Two other physicians, May Lau, MD, and M. Brett Cooper, MD, were included in the initial accusations, but only the charges against Dr. Granados have been dropped thus far. “Attorney General Paxton will continue to bring the full force of the law against the delusional, left-wing medical professionals guilty of forcing ‘gender’ insanity on our children,” Mr. Paxton’s office told ABC News.
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