Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a victory against a New York-based online retailer, blocking its sales to Texans. The company, Lola Olivia, previously sold chest binders to Texas girls as part of a “transition” process.
Paxton’s office explained that despite the company labeling the product as “safe and effective,” chest binding is connected to a number of medical conditions, including “permanently harming their breasts, causing back and chest pain, shortness of breath, and even rib fracture. Chest binders have also been shown to compromise lung function and cause difficulty breastfeeding later in life.”
“I will never allow radical companies like Lola Olivia to abuse Texas children by ‘transitioning’ them,” Paxton said in a statement. “I have now secured an order that stops Lola Olivia from selling chest binders that hurt young girls in Texas. My office will continue to protect our state’s children against radical, sick corporations willing to harm kids with their dangerous agenda.”
According to the order, the “Court finds that harm is imminent to the State.”
Paxton sued the company in February, and said at the time that attempting to “transition” a minor is child abuse, warning that “any corporation doing it will face swift and unrelenting justice.” He added, “It’s unconscionable that there are people in this world who are trying to make a fortune by hurting kids, but that’s exactly what’s going on here.”
The Texas AG has consistently taken stands against transgender ideology, having recently issued a legal opinion declaring that mental health providers cannot attempt to transition a child. The legal opinion, which Paxton’s office described as “landmark,” states that prohibitions under SB 14, which bans medical providers from providing gender transition-related care to minors, also applies to those in the mental health industry.
