A Texas judge on Friday expanded her order in an ongoing lawsuit, giving families of transgender youth more protections against state child abuse investigations.
The Texas Supreme Court in May allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family who was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following a February directive by Abbott. That family is the plaintiff in a separate lawsuit, Doe v. Abbott.
"Once again a Texas court has stepped in to say what we knew from the beginning: State leaders have no business interfering with life-saving care essential for transgender youth," Adri Perez with the ACLU of Texas said in a statement. A judge in March put Abbott's order on hold after a lawsuit was brought on behalf of a 16-year-old girl whose family said it was under investigation. The Texas Supreme Court in May ruled that the lower court overstepped its authority by blocking all investigations going forward.
Bills that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth have been introduced in the Texas legislature but have failed to become law.
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