Texas accuses El Paso doctor of providing 'dangerous' gender-transition drugs to kids: lawsuit

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against an El Paso doctor this week for allegedly providing sex-change hormones to children in violation of a state statute. 

Paxton announced the lawsuit against Hector Granados, a pediatric endocrinologist, Wednesday, arguing Granados is "harming the health and safety of Texas children by providing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children." 

Paxton says such actions are in violation of a Texas law that prohibits "medical providers from prescribing certain gender-affirming treatments, including puberty blockers and hormones, to minors to assist them to medically transition," according to the statement released by Paxton's office.

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Under current state law, doctors are not allowed to provide children with puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones or to conduct surgery to affirm their self-professed gender identity in a way that is inconsistent with their biological sex. 

"Despite the enactment of the law, Granados continues to prescribe and distribute puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to his minor patients for the purposes of transitioning their biological sex or affirming their belief that their gender identity or sex is inconsistent with their biological sex," the filing alleges. 

The suit listed 21 anonymous patients Granados has allegedly treated, several of whom were prescribed puberty blockers and others who were provided hormone treatment such as testosterone.