The case of detransitioner Soren Aldaco could reverberate and inspire victims from other states to bring similar lawsuits.
By Catholics for Catholics
A woman from Texas claims that gender-affirming care doctors “gaslit” her into transitioning into a male when she was a teenager, going so far as to prepping her on how to swindle insurers so she could have her breasts removed.
Soren Aldaco, 23, a detransitioner who is currently enmeshed in a legal fight against the medical practitioners who performed her transition, alleged that several doctors and counselors irresponsibly coerced her to start taking testosterone and estrogen blockers when she was just 17, according to a story by The Daily Wire.
On Wednesday, the Texas Supreme Court heard arguments on Aldaco’s medical malpractice case, in a lawsuit that was dismissed in November 2024 when a judge ruled her claims were filed outside of Texas’ two-year statute of limitations, nullifying her capability to seek damages for the harms caused by her sex-rejecting surgery.
However, when Aldaco’s appeal got to the Texas Supreme Court this week, her counsel contended the statute of limitations couldn’t begin until she was physically harmed by the surgeon’s knife.
“What was done to Miss Aldaco and many people like her is a medical scandal,” attorney John Ramer argued. “Kids and young adults suffering from severe psychological distress went looking for help, and what they found is medical providers saying that what’s going to liberate them from their distress is pumping them full of cross sex hormones and cutting off their body parts.”
Nevertheless, some Texas lawmakers have recommended legislation that would prolong the statute of limitations from two to ten years for those injured by rejection interventions in their state. They say that Aldaco’s case underlines the need for reform.
Another detransitioner tells the horrible things that happened to her after her breasts were surgically removed.
— Kat Kanada (@KatKanada_TM) February 14, 2026
She is suing. Good. pic.twitter.com/LagHOFLDBS
“Cases like Soren’s are not the intent of these two-year statutes of limitations in the Texas Medical Liability Act,” Texas State Representative Shelby Slawson told The Daily Wire. “Those limitations are not meant to give safe harbor hideouts for medical professionals whose ideology causes egregious harm to Texas patients.”
The aftermath of Aldaco’s case could resonate across the country. The statute of limitations for medical malpractice varies from state to state, with many limiting the timeframe in which a patient can sue between one and three years after the injury occurred. If the Texas Supreme Court rules in Aldaco’s favor, it could motivate detransitioners in other states to bring similar suits.
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