From her now near-empty home in the Dallas suburb of Plano, with moving boxes stacked high in the garage, pediatric endocrinologist Ximena Lopez says she never thought she’d see this day.
Fearing violence that could target her family — a response by some to the type of medical treatment she offers — Lopez is closing her health clinic, selling her house and fleeing Texas for California.
“I don’t feel safe,” she said. “With so many people with guns [who] have gone to protest against me, or our clinic … armed.”
She adds, “I’m afraid of leaving my son home alone, and I don’t want
