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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to pull funding from a children's hospital after a doctor went viral for telling patients they are not legally required to disclose their citizenship status.

Dr. Tony Pastor, an adult congenital cardiologist at Texas Children's Hospital and assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, posted a video on TikTok, responding to Abbott's executive orderrequiring Texas public hospitals that accept Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Plan to report on health care for undocumented immigrants. The order was implemented Nov. 1.

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[–] ovalofsand@lemmy.world 85 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Take money away from a children's hospital? I don't know if that would go over well

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They hate immigrants more than they like children.

[–] Irremarkable@fedia.io 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be entirely fair that's a ridiculously low bar to clear considering they hate children.

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I really don't want to be a judgemental prick but even if you didn't know the context of this photo... Look at those absolute ghoulish looking humans. Holy shit.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yea, those kids are terrifying.

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like the sort of thing the Trumpets would love.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

They wouldn't be sick in the first place if they were good Christians

[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They hate kids once they are born.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

They hate them before they're born too. Have you ever heard about them calling for any sort of free prenatal care? Let alone free or even affordable healthcare for pregnant women? If your fetus dies but it could have been saved if you had the money, fuck you, lady. God's will.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All they have to say is something like the doctors are forcing the kids to become transgender and the Trump fans will all scream about how it must be shut down.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Don't forget how the medical staff molests kids under anesthesia. The MAGATs love their paedo hunts.

[–] BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 65 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Get used to hearing the "pull funding" threat, it's how they're going to start chipping away at minority rights (LGBTQ+, women, Latino, Black, etc).

Have your three branches of government pass an act tying a state-decision to federal funding ala the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, and we're going to see state's comply.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

You’re very right but there are a few blue states like California that could be tell the feds to fuck right off. Granted that’s the start of a civil war but we’re kinda already on that path one way or another

[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is the right to state facts not a thing anymore? I thought speech was in the Constitution or something.

[–] Jesusaurus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't mean people can't react to what you say... In this case, in a politically-motivated nonsensical way.

[–] WingedObsidian@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago

That type of doctor is highly highly specialized among medicine. I’m sure other places would love to have him and his experience. Unfortunately the kids there in Texas suffer as political ideology prevail there. We die as ignorance rules

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Abbot is a limp chode

he should fuck off to someplace that doesn't have internet so we can forget about him.

[–] whithom@discuss.online 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Consequences: doctors leave Texas

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Didn’t they already find out when they ran out of obstetricians?