NY Company Blocked From Selling Chest Binders to Girls in Texas

A New York-based retailer must immediately stop sales and shipments of harmful chest binders to any individual or entity within Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Monday.

“I will never allow radical companies like Lola Olivia to abuse Texas children by ‘transitioning’ them,” Paxton said in a March 9 post on X. He said that helping to transition a minor is child abuse.

A Texas district judge sided with Paxton on March 3, issuing a temporary restraining order against Lola Olivia Inc. The attorney general had sued the company in February over its sale of chest binders to girls as young as 9 years old who identify as transgender, alleging it violated multiple consumer protections laws by not disclosing potential health risks associated with the devices.

The temporary restraining order will remain in place for two weeks. A hearing is set for March 13 to determine whether the state’s application for a temporary injunction should be issued.

“Harm is imminent to the State, and if the Court does not issue the Temporary Restraining Order, the State will be irreparably injured,” the district judge wrote. The judge said that Lola Olivia failed to disclose health risks associated with chest binder use and misrepresented the devices as “undergarments.”

“They are actually dangerous Class I medical devices,” the judge said.

In Paxton’s lawsuit, he cited a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services review identifying medical complications linked to chest binder use, which Lola Olivia did not disclose to consumers.

The company’s marketing and selling of chest binders violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the district judge wrote in his temporary restraining order.

“It’s unconscionable that there are people in this world who are trying to make a fortune by hurting kids, but that’s exactly what’s going on here,“ Paxton previously said, vowing to bring the full force of Texas law against Lola Olivia.

Chest binding is linked to at least 28 medical conditions, including permanently harming their breasts, shortness of breath, rib fracture, and back and chest pain, according to the judge.

The practice can also compromise lung function and cause difficulty breastfeeding later in life, the Texas attorney general said in a news release.

“Lola Olivia’s malicious actions have exposed Texas kids to irreparable bodily harm,” the news release said.

The New York company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In a blog post from 2021, Lola Olivia said it was a proud advocate for youths who identify as transgender.

“Gender-affirming clothing” is “one of the best ways to help a trans teen,” the company wrote. “Wearing clothing that they identify will open up a whole world of opportunities for your kid to express themselves in the body they identify with.”

Chest binders are classified as a Class I medical device, which means they are regulated by federal law.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late 2025 sent letters to several companies that sell similar devices, writing “these products are devices because they are intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure or any function of the body.”

The FDA said the companies it contacted last year “misbranded” chest binders by recommending them for breast compression into a “more masculine shape.”