Doctor who treats transgender children takes UT Southwestern to court over change in care

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The doctor who led UT Southwestern’s program for transgender youth is taking her employer to court to find out why the hospital abruptly cut care for new...

— like media attention and scientific and political controversy surrounding gender-affirming care for trans youth — when it made the changes at Genecis in November.she believes UT Southwestern changed the Genecis program because of political pressure and said while she respects the university, she understands she may be putting her job on the line.

In her petition, Lopez said UT Southwestern told her “either the governor or the governor’s office has exerted political pressure on [UT Southwestern] to close the Genecis clinic and to stop clinicians from providing gender-affirming care.” A UT Southwestern spokesperson said last week that Abbott did not contact university leadership regarding those clinical services. The spokesperson did not address whether someone else from the governor’s office contacted university leadership.

“Someone, some entity, or some office is illegally attempting to interfere with or control Dr. Lopez’s independent medical judgment,” the petition reads.

 

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