x-post from GD: Texas demands drug companies turn over documents on 'puberty blocking' drugs for chi

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Original DU thread: Texas demands drug companies turn over documents on 'puberty blocking' drugs for children

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Source: Reuters

March 24, 2022
5:28 PM EDT
Last Updated 14 hours ago

Texas demands drug companies turn over documents on 'puberty blocking' drugs for children

By Dan Whitcomb

March 24 (Reuters) - The Texas attorney general on Thursday ordered drugmakers Abbvie Inc (ABBV.N) and Endo International (ENDP.O) to turn over materials related to the sale of puberty blockers to children who believe they are transgender, part of an investigation into their off-label use.

The demand comes during a growing controversy over the use of medication given to halt the development of puberty and secondary sex characteristics in children as young as 8 who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Transgender issues and treatments have increasingly become part of a national debate in America.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has said he is investigating whether pharmaceutical companies are promoting hormone therapies such as Supprelin LA and Lupron to children and their parents without disclosing potential long-term effects.

"I will not allow Big Pharma to misleadingly promote these drugs that may pose a high risk of serious physical and psychological damage to Texas children who cannot yet fathom  or consent to the potential long-term effects of such use," Paxton said in a statement.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/texas-demands-drug-companies-turn-over-documents-puberty-blocking-drugs-children-2022-03-24/

Alternate link: https://news.yahoo.com/desantis-picked-fight-lgbtq-community-145926646.html

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1. Targeting trans Texans again, Ken Paxton investigating pharmaceuticals over puberty blockers

Ken really wants to punish and harass the parents of trans children by denying these children needed care

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating two pharmaceutical companies — Endo Pharmaceuticals and AbbVie Inc. — for allegedly advertising puberty blockers to children and their parents to treat gender dysphoria rather than the other medical conditions they are approved to treat.

Paxton opened the investigation in December and filed civil investigative demands with the two companies on Thursday.

This is the latest move in an ongoing effort by Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott to limit access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender teens in Texas.

Gender-affirming care is a treatment model to address gender dysphoria, the distress a person feels when their gender identity does not match the sex they were assigned at birth. Young people often focus on social transition — dressing a certain way or using different pronouns — but can be prescribed puberty blockers or hormone therapy in consultation with a doctor.