The Seattle Children’s Hospital filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court on Dec. 7 against the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), after that agency requested documents related to gender transition policies and any such care provided to Texas children.
Why in the Kentucky fried fuck is Texas asking Seattle about that.
We all know why. I’m just surprised the hospital responded with a lawsuit instead of a “go fuck yourself.”
It does bring more attention if they drag out the go fuck yourself bit with a lawsuit but they definitely need a huge go fuck yourself with a rake letter here.
I’ve got a nice rusty pitchfork they could use in a pinch.
Both demands include a notice that failure to comply could result in a misdemeanor criminal charge that would carry a $5,000 fine or jail confinement of up to a year.
It sounds like the state could imprison the hospital’s personnel if they ever traveled to Texas (or any other jurisdiction that might jail them on Texas’ behalf).
Yeah I said that this was the inevitable outcome of RvW being overturned. It’s a matter of time now. The line of the ensuing civil war will be drawn over these state extradition agreements, and if a Republican ever gets the presidency again they will use the feds to forcibly extradite doctors to Texas.
Holy fuck I need to get out of Texas
The time is now or as soon as you can.
I gotta say I figured they’d use interstate extradition to bring back women who’d left for an abortion. I did not think they’d be dumb enough to try and act like their laws apply to hospital staff in other states.
We have a law in Washington which prevents healthcare providers from sharing the information that the Texas attorney general is requesting. I love my state.
I’m reading between the lines a bit, but I think the idea is that Texas thinks SCH is providing care that violated Texas law via telemedicine. That’s why they’re asking about stuff like patients of SCH who had their labs done in Texas.
Suck a dick, Texas.
Texas government*
Texas should just get it over with and invade America so we can put them back in their place where they belong
Greg Abbott was famously one of the dingleberries fooled by Russian propaganda about operation Jade Helm and instructed the Texas national guard to “watch over” the operation as if they matter at all in the considerations of a joint millitary nation-wide operation. In other words, their delusions are already most of the way there.
Southern dingalings in general.
Man, it sure is nice that Texas doesn’t have any other issues it needs to deal with, like it’s power grid or anything. Suuuuure must be nice to be elected and get to spend all your time doing zany bullshit that helps no one.
State’s Rights! But also we need access to every state’s PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE RECORDS!
States rights!!
(Republicans: not like that!)
I continue to be annoyed that texas is wasting all of this time on this. Go solve real problems. Except republicans are seemingly incapable of that, so I guess this is what we get.
Why do they have to sue? Why do they have to respond at all? Texas isn’t Washington and not only is there no jurisdiction, there’s no standing for the courts either.
Because Texas threatens criminal prosecution for anyone who does not comply. And these people are probably concerned that if they just say no and don’t sue, they will most likely face criminal litigation in Texas that could cause arrest warrants that could affect them if and when they travel.
Right but outside of issuing an arrest warrant in the state of Texas, what else could they do? They are not federal and have no greater authority.
So you think it’s totally fine that people just doing their fully legal job in the state they live and work in should be subjected to arrest warrants that prevent them from ever safely entering a completely different state?
“Sorry boss, I can’t go to that conference. It’s hosted in Texas and I’ll be arrested as I exit the plane.”
I never made a judgement on the outcome.
