Breaking Texas judge halts abuse investigations into PFLAG families with transgender children
at 4:30 p.m. to include notice of the state of Texas' intent to appeal and a statement from the ACLU of Texas.
AUSTIN — A Texas judge has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to halt all investigations into the families of transgender children if they are members of the LGBT advocacy nonprofitOn Friday afternoon, Travis County District Judge Amy Clark Meachum granted a temporary injunction requested by several families who sued the Department of Family and Protective Services for initiating child abuse investigations into whether their minor children were receiving certain kinds of gender-affirming...
The state has initiated at least 12 child abuse investigations into reports of minors receiving gender-affirming health care, including puberty blockers and hormone therapy. Eight of these probes have been closed without a child being removed from the home. The decision is a major win for families who sued to stop child abuse investigations into the medical care they are allowing their transgender children to access. Her order does not determine the merits of the case; it will continue to be litigated with the investigations on hold.
The state of Texas, represented by the Office of Attorney General Ken Paxton, has notified the plaintiffs it will appeal the decision. A spokesman for the child welfare agency declined to comment. The families are represented by the ACLU of Texas and Lambda Legal.are supported by the state and nation’s largest physicians groups including the American and Texas Medical Associations.
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