Seattle Children's sues Texas AG over request for gender care records

Efforts to keep gender-affirming care data in Washington private continue despite out-of-state demands to share it, per a lawsuit Seattle Children's filed against the Texas Attorney General's office this month. The lawsuit, filed in Travis County District Court, aims to protect patient information of Texans who left their home state, where it's illegal for minors to access gender-affirming care, to seek medically necessary treatment here, where it is legal. In the complaint, the Seattle hospital argues Texas authorities don't have jurisdiction over these Washington patient records, and calls t...