A district judge blocked Texas from investigating two parents for seeking gender-affirming health care for their transgender teen.
AUSTIN, Texas — A Travis County District Court blocked the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating the parents of of a trans teenager seeking gender-affirming health care for their child. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary order halting the investigation, but didn’t issue a broader ruling blocking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive requiring DFPS to look into such health care desicions as child abuse.
The Judge didn’t issue a broader ruling blocking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive requiring officials to look into such treatments on youth as abuse Abbott issued his directive following a nonbinding legal opinion by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxtonfiled the lawsuit on behalf of an employee of DFPS with a transgender child, her husband and their transgender teen. According to the complaint, the family has had an investigator already arrive at their home. The family has filed the lawsuit anonymously.
“We appreciate the relief granted to our clients, but this should never have happened and is unfathomably cruel,” said Brian Klosterboer, ACLU of Texas attorney. “Families should not have to fear being separated because they are providing the best possible health care for their children. The elected leaders and agencies of this state should not play politics with people’s lives.
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