Texas Appeals Court Sides With Parents Of Trans Child

The Texas Tribune reports:

A Texas appeals court sided with the parents of a transgender teenager in a ruling Wednesday, rejecting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to allow a child abuse investigation to proceed.

The ruling will allow a lower court to hold a hearing, scheduled for Friday, where lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal will ask a judge to stop the state from launching child abuse investigations against parents who have obtained gender-affirming care for their transgender children.

In a nonbinding legal opinion issued in mid-February, Paxton equated gender-affirming care with child abuse. Gov. Greg Abbott followed that with a letter directing Texas Child Protective Services to open investigations into families that provide this care to their children.

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Breaking: A Texas court upheld an order stopping the state’s child abuse investigation into a trans teen’s family.

At a hearing Friday, a judge will consider blocking Texas’ investigations into parents with trans kids who receive gender-affirming care. https://t.co/BTAo0vHUO3

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) March 9, 2022