A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender-confirming care for transgender youth.
Highlights
- District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov.
- Greg Abbott’s directive to compel the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate gender-confirming care for transgender youth.
- The ACLU and Lambda Legal sued on behalf of the parents of a family with a trans child.
- The judge last week blocked the investigation and is considering whether to block similar investigations of other families.
- The lawsuit marks the first report of parents being investigated following Abbott’s directive and an earlier nonbinding legal opinion by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton labeling certain gender-transitioning treatments as “child abuse” The judge ultimately agreed and granted the temporary injunction.