The Republican attorney general said the lawsuit marked the beginning of his enforcement of Texas’ Senate Bill 14, which bans gender-affirming care for minors.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he has filed a lawsuit against a Dallas physician for providing gender transition care to almost two dozen minors against a controversial state law.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a UT Southwestern associate professor and doctor for allegedly providing gender transition treatments to minors in

The lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton marks the first enforcement action against a physician under Senate Bill 14.

A law passed by the state Legislature last year prohibits doctors from performing “gender transition” surgeries on minors; it also forbids doctors from prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children.

May Lau is a professor in the Pediatrics Department at UT Southwestern Medical Center specializing in "adolescent female and male sexual and reproductive health."

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Dr. May Lau of UT Southwestern for allegedly providing hormone treatment to 21 patients after the state's ban on gender-affirming care for children took effect.

Texas has sued a Dallas doctor for allegedly providing gender-affirming care to transgender youths, marking a significant enforcement of recent Republican-driven bans.

The lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton marks the first enforcement action against a physician under Senate Bill 14.

Texas has sued a Dallas doctor over accusations of providing gender-affirming care to youths, marking one of the first times a state has sought to enforce recent bans driven by Republicans. The lawsuit announced by Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday alleges that Dr.