The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on gender transition treatment for children in an 8-1 decision after a lawsuit that argued the law harms transgender teenagers.
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state's ban on gender transition treatment for children, allowing the Lone Star State to remain one of at least 25 states, and the largest, with restrictions on such treatment. The law, which has been in effect since Sept. 1, 2023, prohibits children under the age of 18 from accessing hormone therapy, puberty blockers and gender transition surgery. Children who were already on those medications were required to taper off their use of the drugs.
We conclude the Legislature made a permissible, rational policy choice to limit the types of available medical procedures for children, particularly in light of the relative nascency of both gender dysphoria and its various modes of treatment and the Legislature's express constitutional authority to regulate the practice of medicine,' Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle wrote.
of Texas' policy and advocacy strategist for LGBTQIA+ rights, Ash Hall, said the government should not 'deprive trans youth of the health care that they need to survive and thrive,' adding that 'Texas politicians’ obsession with attacking trans kids and their families is needlessly cruel.
One justice dismissed the medical groups' position as irrelevant to whether the Texas law is constitutional. 'The fact that expert witnesses or influential interest groups like the American Psychiatric Association disagree with the Legislature’s judgment is entirely irrelevant to the constitutional question,' Justice James Blacklock wrote in a concurring opinion. 'The Texas Constitution authorizes the Legislature to regulate 'practitioners of medicine.
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