Lola Olivia Beats Paxton’s Bid to Block Texas Chest Binder Sales

Youth undergarment company Lola Olivia Inc. can again sell chest binders in Texas that state attorney general Ken Paxton (R) said can injure lungs and permanently impair breastfeeding, a state court judge ruled Tuesday.

The decision from Judge William C. Sowder to deny Paxton’s application for a temporary injunction also dissolves a temporary restraining order he issued earlier this month that temporarily blocked the company from selling binders.

Sowder, whose earlier ruling came without prior notice to Lola Olivia, held the first hearing in the case on March 27. His denial of the temporary injunction request came without explanation in ...