Texas AG Threatens Seattle Hospital With Jail Unless It Provides Trans Patient Data

3 years ago by darth_tiktaalik to c/transgender

Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent a civil investigative demand to Seattle Children's Hospital, demanding data on all Texas patients traveling for care, despite having no jurisdiction there.
Ciderpunk 112 points 3 years ago

This is literally what the civil war was fought over. Southern states making shitty laws and attempting to enforce them over the will of northern states. The south lost the first time, and they’ll lose again.

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Transporter_Room_3 15 points 3 years ago

I was raised not far from where William T Sherman was born.

I feel a strong urge for southern BBQ and a nice stroll coming on. I might go visit the sea.

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Sanctus 84 points 3 years ago

The hospital won't fit in the jail, its a much bigger building.

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frshmt 11 points 3 years ago

Big if true

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ares35 6 points 3 years ago

but.... if they build prisons and jails like they do high school football stadiums.......

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Sanctus 10 points 3 years ago

Then maybe we could get my private prison friends and your construction contractor friends and put all this tax money in each other's pockets.

On a real note, if you haven't yet, check in with your local elections and always make sure to vote in them. Republicans usually have better turn out in them and they are key to diminishing the power these chucklefucks wield.

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ImTryingLemmy 60 points 3 years ago

He's not even thinking this through to a logical end. If this is legal (and I really doubt it is) wouldn't that mean that Texans can be sued by anyone in a state with more restrictive gun laws if a gun sold in Texas ended up being used in a crime elsewhere? What about training? Ammunition?

What a buffoon.

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ricecake 39 points 3 years ago

Hell, in some states you could make the argument that denying gender affirming care is denying medically necessary treatment.

State of Washington should counter sue Texas hospitals for their failure to provide adequate and fair treatment.

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VikingHippie 23 points 3 years ago

you could make the argument that denying gender affirming care is denying medically necessary treatment.

Because it is.

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ricecake 10 points 3 years ago

That's what makes it so easy to argue. :)

It definitely is ethically, but I don't know that every state has legal provisions that would protect it in the same way that something like a heart procedure would be.

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VikingHippie 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah, that's pretty emblematic of how seriously most of the country's politicians take mental health 😮‍💨

To the GOP ones like Paxton, it's good for deflecting from the need for common sense gun control and for distortions to claim that everyone not exactly like them are unhinged, but when it comes to actually HELPING PEOPLE and by extension all of society (including their precious economy that overwhelmingly favor the rich and powerful such as themselves), they want nothing to do with it 🤬

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deo 6 points 3 years ago

Well, now I know what to ask from Santa for Christmas.

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steal_your_face 30 points 3 years ago

This isn’t about logic, it’s about posturing for their base.

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TheBat 3 points 3 years ago
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wuphysics87 2 points 3 years ago

Or they would be doing exactly what they are doing. They are morally bankrupt not stupid.

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Skyrmir 36 points 3 years ago

Attorney's for the hospital have not been available for comment, as they're still recovering from the laughter.

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hitmyspot 4 points 3 years ago

Luckily it's a hospital and laughter is the best medicine, so they are not expected to be out of action for long.

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lntl 24 points 3 years ago

Seattle should pass a law that requires Houston residents pay property tax to Seattle and then seize homes with unpaid taxes and sell them to recoop any unpaid taxes.

Why not?

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Melkath 15 points 3 years ago

Suing women who need life saving abortions, taking the sitting president off of the state's ballot, suing hospitals to persecute trans people...

This is a busy little fucker.

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rynzcycle 11 points 3 years ago

How does he even find time for securities fraud?!

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spider 1 point 3 years ago
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TigrisMorte 11 points 3 years ago

TX = midling 20% average participation by youth Vote. Anything which doesn't directly address that is blowing smoke, so just ignore that an 8-12 point increase in that number would mean no more R State wide.

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Talaraine 9 points 3 years ago

Good luck with that, Magoo

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Kid_Thunder 9 points 3 years ago

Texas showing once again that they're for state sovereignty, smaller government and individual freedoms.

Maybe the Texas AG should focus on why they keep charging grade schoolers for felonies and arresting them without a guardian present because they're supposedly all about 'protecting the children', right?

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Ghyste 8 points 3 years ago

Redact the entire report and fax it to his office as fully black pages.

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MushuChupacabra 8 points 3 years ago

What a fucking loser.

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Jaysyn 6 points 3 years ago

Refer to "Arkell v Pressdram" is the only reasonable response to the indicted fraudster Ken Paxton.

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Nougat 6 points 3 years ago

I'm starting to think that the US may need to invade Texas.

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emergencyfood 5 points 3 years ago

How does this work in the US? Can he arrest the doctors / directors if they ever go to Texas?

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southsamurai 2 points 3 years ago

And here we are. And nobody is willing to stop it

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Jaysyn 7 points 3 years ago

Seattle has laws that make Paxton's request illegal.

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zaph 4 points 3 years ago

I wonder if you can extradite the ag

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Goferking0 6 points 3 years ago

Still disappointed he still hasn't been for any of his other crimes/charges

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Drusas 1 point 3 years ago

Washington State as a whole does. I love my state.

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