A Tarrant County judge ruled in favor of a detransitioner to continue her lawsuit against several medical workers who gave her transgender hormones and a double mastectomy.
Judge Donald Crosby issued an order on July 18 to vacate his previous decision, granting a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by some of the defendants and a motion for statutory sanctions. Defendants in the case are accused of administering transgender hormones to the plaintiff, Soren Aldaco, when she was 17 years old.
Ron Miller, Aldaco’s attorney, said the judge’s order is one step towards justice in the lawsuit.
“The court’s decision to reinstate Ms. Aldaco’s claims is a refreshing result that correctly applies Texas law and protects Ms. Aldaco’s access to justice through our courts,” he told The Dallas Express.
Crosby’s reversal allows the plaintiff to again pursue legal action against defendants Del Scott Perry and Texas Health Physicians Group over their role in administering transgender hormones.
Lawyers for the Texas Health Physicians Group did not respond to a request for comment.
Aldaco, a 22-year-old student at the University of Texas at Austin, filed a lawsuit against an extensive list of medical groups and workers last year. She alleged medical malpractice for how she was given transgender hormones and eventually a botched double mastectomy that landed her in the emergency room.
Aldaco was prescribed testosterone at 17 years old after Perry allegedly encouraged her to begin a medical transition. At 19 years old, she got a double mastectomy at the Crane Clinic in Austin, which led to post-surgical complications such as excessive blood clots.
“Despite these telltale signs demanding caution and therapeutic resolution, however, the defendants deliberately and recklessly propelled Soren down a path of permanent physical disfigurement,” the lawsuit states.
Aldaco said medical workers failed to properly consider outside factors in her gender dysphoria, which included ADHD and depression. She said she hopes her lawsuit inspires other detransitioners to speak out against medical malpractice.
“By people like me being public, we inspire others to feel more comfortable,” Aldaco told DX. “As a result, it will be possible to come out on top and put an end to these sorts of intervention, especially in minors and vulnerable people.”
