
Left: Dr. Tony Pastor (TikTok). Right: Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, speaks during the Republican National Convention Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee (AP Photo/Paul Sancya).
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to take away funding from a children’s hospital if it fails to follow his executive order requiring medical care facilities to ask patients about their immigration status on intake forms.
Abbott made the post on X in response to a doctor’s viral video on TikTok telling patients they were under no obligation to answer the citizenship question.
“Hey Texas Children’s Hospital & Baylor College of Medicine this doctor is putting your Medicaid & Medicare funding at risk. [You] better think twice & have crystal clear records. There will be consequences for failing to follow the law in the Order,” Abbott said in the post.