[US] Texas AG Threatens Seattle Hospital With Jail Unless It Provides Trans Patient Data
[US] Texas AG Threatens Seattle Hospital With Jail Unless It Provides Trans Patient Data
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.
Excerpts:
"Seattle responded to the request by filing a lawsuit in Travis County, stating they cannot comply because Texas has no jurisdiction in Washington State, and no care was provided by the hospital in Texas. They also point out that the Dormant Commerce Clause, protected by the United States Constitution, “protects the right to interstate travel, including to obtain healthcare services.” By targeting out-of-state hospitals for enforcement of laws that only apply within the jurisdiction of Texas, they “discriminate against healthcare based on an interstate element,” violating constitutional protections, according to the legal filing. Lastly, Seattle Children’s Hospital cannot comply due to a shield law passed by Washington State. This law bars the hospital from providing any patient data and from responding to subpoenas pursuant to “protected healthcare services” obtained within the jurisdiction of Washington. Protected healthcare services include abortion, reproductive care, and gender-affirming care."
"This case promises to be extraordinarily complex. Seattle Children’s Hospital is challenging the jurisdiction of the demands directly in a Texas state court. Regardless of what the local court decides, the claims are likely to go to the Texas Supreme Court. Given that the claims also have a time limit on them and that appeals in Texas automatically favor the attorney general due to an automatic lifting of stays in the state, Seattle Children’s Hospital workers and providers for trans patients from Texas could be under legal jeopardy. Ultimately, the case presents questions of conflicting state laws and regulation of conduct across state lines, and the implications of those laws could be dire for abortion and trans care nationwide."
Shouldn't he be in prison for when he tried to murder that poor pregnant woman a couple weeks ago?
And nothing of this is actually about trans youth. They really don't give a shit, they know this won't work and just do this anyway to rule the crazies to vote whilst also distracting everyone from them stealing said crazies dry
He was born in 1962 and worked two years as "business consultant" and eleven years as lawyer for corporations. In his 61 years of life he has worked at most thirteen of them. The rest of the time has been bouncing around fake government part time jobs. He has zero experience with law enforcement or the justice system in general.
As long as we allow the talentless hacks of the world to rule us the world that they want will remain. Go ask your local elected officials if they can change a tire and how was work today.
My thoughts go out to the patients of Seattle Children's Hospital. What a shitty situation and what a shitty person.
Never stop overreaching. Assholes.
Does Texas believe we don't have guns?
Just because we don't parade around with it or make it our identity.
Ken Corruption can bite my shiny metal ass.
Suck a trans dick, Texas.
It appears the egos are also bigger in Texas.
Threatening a fucking children's hospital.
🖕Paxton
They would have to build a huge jail cell that can fit an entire hospital, and then move the whole hospital to Texas to send it to jail! /s
I'm lost, did they repeal HIPAA? Can I freely distribute PHI now?
This will never happen. A hospital in a jail? A Republican would never improve healthcare in the prison system.
Fuckin bastards
If Washington state did that to Texas, they would give Washington the finger.
RULES FOR THEE AND NOT FOR ME.
I wish there were consequences for bringing about such frivolous and clearly unconstitutional lawsuits