The Seattle Children’s Hospital filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court on Dec. 7 against the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), after that agency requested documents related to gender transition policies and any such care provided to Texas children.

However, hospital claims that the OAG lacks jurisdiction to demand such records from the hospital, and that Washington’s “Shield Law” protects it from requests made by states that “restrict or criminalize reproductive and gender-affirming care.”

“The Shield Law prohibits Washington-based entities such as Seattle Children’s from ‘[c]omply[ing] with subpoena, warrant, court order, or other civil or criminal legal process for records, information, facilities, or assistance related to protected health care services that are lawful in the state of Washington,'” the lawsuit stated.

  • @eestileib
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    89 months ago

    My father has lost his fucking mind after moving there.

    • Glimpythegoblin
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      69 months ago

      Yep. My parents are still down there. My dad barely has a mind that isn’t “patriot” anymore.

      • SokathHisEyesOpen
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        59 months ago

        It infuriates me that they use that word for something that is very far from patriotism. They stole and destroyed an important word.