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By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n This time, the suit names Dr. Jason Jarin. The doctor\u2019s online bios describe Jarin as an OB\/GYN who specializes in pediatric and adolescent gynecology.<\/p>\n The Dallas Morning News reached out to Jarin and to representatives of Children\u2019s Health over email on Wednesday. Jarin did not immediately respond on Wednesday morning. Representatives for Children\u2019s Health sent nearly the exact same statement they\u2019ve sent for the previous lawsuits, and declined further comment.<\/p>\n \u201cOur top priority is the health and well-being of the patients and families we serve,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe comply with all applicable local, state and federal health care laws.\u201d<\/p>\n Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a campaign event at Matt’s Rancho Martinez, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, in Allen. <\/p>\n Chitose Suzuki \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n Paxton\u2019s lawsuits have all alleged that the named doctors violated Texas\u2019 ban on providing \u201cgender transition\u201d care to minors. That restriction went into effect in September 2023 and prohibits a wide array of treatments for transgender youth, including puberty blockers and hormone therapies. <\/p>\n The ban does allow doctors to continue some pre-existing interventions for the purposes of weaning patients off of treatments.<\/p>\n Paxton\u2019s office filed the first three lawsuits in 2024. Since then, the office has added health care fraud claims<\/a> to the two 2024 suits against Dallas doctors. The office has also dropped one lawsuit, against an El Paso doctor, saying \u201cno legal violations were found<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n In the Wednesday morning announcement, Paxton\u2019s office described Jarin as a \u201cradical gender activist,\u201d echoing phrases and descriptors the office also used in the older lawsuits. The attorney general is also alleging that Jarin engaged in health care fraud by charging Medicaid for gender-affirming care for minors.<\/p>\n The lawsuits fall in line with a number of moves by Texas politicians focusing on LGBTQ+ people, particularly when children are involved.<\/p>\n Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022 classified gender-affirming care for minors as \u201cchild abuse.\u201d Legislators in 2025 passed a bathroom ban aimed at making people use bathrooms that align with their birth sex. After another 2025 state law, some school districts have prohibited teachers from using a trans child\u2019s chosen name.<\/p>\n Various medical associations have spoken out against bans<\/a> on gender-affirming care for minors, in large part because they oppose any governmental interference<\/a> into the patient-physician relationship.<\/p>\n Editor\u2019s note: This story has been updated to include a comment from Children\u2019s Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Texas attorney general has sued a fourth doctor, alleging violations of the state\u2019s ban on providing gender-affirming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253,6590,5599,49886,1022,6586],"class_list":["post-476753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ken-paxton","tag-public-health","tag-science-and-medicine","tag-texas","tag-texas-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Texas](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5HU2ZX7AWRFFXM6HJF5KZ3Q3DA.jpg\")
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