But, in a brief update and press release, the attorney general’s office conceded that, upon conclusion of its investigation into Granados, it found that the doctor had not, in fact, violated any relevant provision of state law. Granados himself claims that he never even heard from Paxton’s office until being served the lawsuit.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has quietly withdrawn a lawsuit against Dr. Hector Granados, an El Paso-based pediatric endocrinologist accused of violating a statewide ban on gender-affirming care for transgender children.
The law, one of the first of its kind, generally prohibits transgender youth under the age of 18 from receiving treatments involving hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and sex-reassignment surgeries. After the law’s passage, children who had previously been prescribed certain kinds of medication were either told to begin tapering off.
In 2025, Paxton filed suit against Granados, who he described as a “scofflaw” and accused of both falsifying medical records and circumventing prohibitions on gender-affirming care.
But, in a brief update and press release, the attorney general’s office conceded that, upon conclusion of its investigation into Granados, it found that the doctor had not, in fact, violated any relevant provision of state law. Granados himself claims that he never even heard from Paxton’s office until being served the lawsuit.
“It was just out and then we had to do everything afterwards,” Granados told the Texas Tribune, adding that he was never given a reasonable chance to prove his compliance.
However, despite the abrupt dismissal, Paxton said that he will continue pressing related claims against Dr. May Lau and Dr. M. Brett Cooper, both accused of providing gender-affirming care to children after the state’s ban went into effect.
Lau and Cooper, Paxton said, will “face justice for hurting Texas kids both physically and mentally.”
“Attorney General 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,” Paxton’s office said.
Paxton, notes the Tribune, is a staunch and outspoken ally of U.S. President Donald Trump and has regularly sought to position himself as a high-profile, national-level conservative leader.
Harper Seldin, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, told the Texas Tribune that—even if the lawsuit is dropped—the time doctors like Granados must spend defending themselves in court can take an “enormous toll” on defendants’ well-being.
“I think this continues to be best understood as part of the Texas AG’s campaign to intimidate medical providers,” Seldin said.
Conservative Texas legislators, meanwhile, continue to posit the law and its enforcement as critical to the safety, health, and happiness of children.
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