I urge you to reject any policy, settlement, or enforcement action that uses the Attorney General's office to force hospitals into politicized medical programs, compile lists of patients who received lawful care, or pressure providers to reverse treatment decisions that should remain between families and doctors.
Texas families should be in control of their own healthcare. Parents should be able to trust that medical decisions are based on medicine, not political talking points. The Attorney General's job should be to protect Texans, not waste taxpayer dollars on actions that interfere with private medical decisions, drive fear into families, and push good doctors and medical providers out of Texas.
This settlement with Texas Children's Hospital sets a dangerous precedent. It does not simply resolve a dispute. It tells hospitals that the state can force them to build new programs, flag former patients for review, and reshape care through enforcement pressure instead of open legislation. That is not good governance, and it is not what Texans need.
If the state believes a law should change, lawmakers should debate it openly and pass it through the legislative process. That is how democracy should work. What should not happen is the use of settlement terms and enforcement threats to control hospitals, intimidate providers, and make families feel like their private healthcare decisions are under government review.
Texas should be a place where doctors can practice medicine, families can make informed choices, and patients can get care without fear of political interference. We should be keeping qualified providers in Texas, not driving them away by turning the Attorney General's office into an arm of the culture war.
The Attorney General should be fighting for Texans, not helping enforce an agenda that takes control away from patients, parents, and doctors.
