Gov. Abbott threatens Texas Children’s Hospital over funding due to a cardiologist's TikTok opposing an immigration order.

An executive order issued by Abbott earlier this year directed Texas hospitals to ask patients if they are U.S. citizens, and begin collecting information about those who are not. The order, however does not specifically mandate patients to answer the question.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has threatened a children’s hospital with “consequences” after a doctor posted a viral TikTok telling patients they’re not legally obligated to tell a hospital their citizenship status. Via the Independent:

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) threatened to pull funding from Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine after a doctor said on TikTok that patients don’t have to disclose their immigration status.

A doctor spoke out in a TikTok against the executive order requiring Texas public hospitals to collect information about undocumented immigrants.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened last week to revoke government funding from a children’s hospital in response to a Houston doctor’s viral TikTok advising patients to skip a citizenship question on intake forms.

Greg Abbott threatened to revoke government funding from a Houston children's hospital after one of its doctors went viral on TikTok for advising patients to skip a citizenship question on intake forms.