A hospital connected to the Baylor College of Medicine is under investigation by Texas authorities after a whistleblower report showed that it provided cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers and transgender surgeries to children despite previously stating that it would stop.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched the probe, but was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives on May 27 for unrelated allegations over bribery and abuse of public trust, which he disputes. While Paxton is suspended and awaits his trial in the state senate, Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to appoint an interim replacement, who could continue the investigation into the med school.
Texas Children’s Hospital, one of the largest and highest-ranked pediatric care facilities in the United States, announced last spring that its doctors would no longer alter the bodies of children as treatment for gender dysphoria after Gov. Abbott promised to target these practices as “child abuse” based on a legal opinion from then-Attorney General Paxton.
Baylor med school and Baylor University are no longer affiliated entities.
