Representative Chip Roy | Chip Roy Official Website
Representative Chip Roy | Chip Roy Official Website
Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) has requested the Department of Justice to clarify the prosecution of Dr. Eithan Haim, a whistleblower from Texas Children's Hospital. Dr. Haim recently exposed that the hospital was conducting illegal "transgender medical interventions" on minors.
"This prosecution is just the latest example of how the Biden-Garland Justice Department is using the law to target ideological adversaries instead of equally enforcing the law," Representative Roy stated in his letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
On June 17, 2024, a four-count indictment was unsealed against Dr. Haim for alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Despite this, he did not disclose patient charts or documents containing unredacted patient information.
"While Dr. Haim’s bravery to come forward led Texas to enact bipartisan legislation banning 'transgender medical interventions' for minors, the Department of Justice chose to prosecute Dr. Haim," Representative Roy added.
In February 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion declaring these procedures as criminal child abuse. Subsequently, in March 2022, Texas Children's Hospital announced it would cease performing such procedures on minors. Dr. Haim now faces up to 10 years in prison and fines totaling $250,000.
Read the full letter here.
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