A lawsuit filed this week aims to block a bill that would stop minors from accessing many types of transition-related healthcare, such as puberty blockers and hormone therapies.
lawsuit filed this week aims to block the ban before it goes into effect Sept. 1, 2023Paul Castillo, senior counsel at Lambda Legal, said the plaintiffs challenging the law include five Texas families, three medical professionals, and two organizations representing hundreds of families and health professionals across the state.
“Medically necessary care for transgender youth to alleviate their dysphoria is critical. It is oftentimes life-saving,” Castillo said Thursday. “These parents, like every other parent, deserve to make decisions about the best course of care in consultation with their physicians to keep their transgender adolescent safe and healthy,” Castillo said.
“The Ban discriminates against parents seeking care for their transgender adolescent children in the exercise of their fundamental right to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children, by prohibiting them from seeking and following medical advice to protect the health and wellbeing of their children,” the
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