The state of Texas has withdrawn the lawsuit filed nearly a year ago against Dr. Hector Granados, a pediatric endocrinologist in El Paso accused by right-wing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton of having violated the state’s draconian 2022 law barring health care providers from administering hormones, puberty blockers and rare surgical procedures to transgender minors, according to a report by The Hill.
In filing the lawsuit last year, Paxton called Granados “a scofflaw who is harming the health and safety of Texas children.” This week, a spokesman for Paxton’s office — very quietly and without any of the fanfare that accompanied the filing of the lawsuit last year — admitted that the Texas Office of the Attorney General’s “thorough review of the evidence and Granados’ complete medical records —which he provided in full cooperation with the investigation” — found absolutely no evidence to support the lawsuit or Paxton’s slurs against the doctor.
While the OAG filed a notice of nonsuit, Paxton’s spokesperson said the OAG will continue to pursue similar suits against two other doctors, Dr. May Lau and M. Brett Cooper with UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. The spokesperson pledged that 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.”
In other words, Paxton will continue to violate privacy laws regarding indivdiuals’ health information and continue to infringe on personal healthcare decisions regarding private citizens under the age of 18 made by those individuals, their parents and their physicians.
Paxton, by the way, was indicted on federal securities fraud charges and impeached by the Texas House of Representatives in 2023 on charges — coming from his own staff — of abuse of power (including using his influence and his office to get his then-mistress a job). He is currently running to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the 2026 GOP Primary, and that contest has led to reports that Paxton and his now-estranged wife, Angela Paxton, claimed homestead tax exemptions on three homes (such exemptions are allowed on only one home), possibly committing mortgage fraud.
Angela Paxton earlier this summer filed for divorce from Ken Paxton, citing “recent discoveries” that led her to file for the divorce “on biblical grounds.”
— Tammye Nash
