Texas judge blocks child-abuse investigations into 2 families for gender-affirming care [View all]
Source: USA Today
12:59 PM July 9, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas — A Travis County judge has ordered the state to stop child-abuse investigations into two families who are helping their transgender kids access gender-affirming care. The order bars the agency from expanding the definition of child abuse in order to investigate the families.
In her order, State District Judge Amy Clark Meachum wrote the investigations are "gross invasions of privacy" that intrude on parental rights and decision-making.
Meachum's order, delivered Friday evening, determined that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services violated state law by improperly implementing a new rule on gender-affirming care at the insistence of Gov. Greg Abbott in February.
"The DFPS Rule was given the effect of a new law or new agency rule, despite no new legislation, regulation, or even valid agency policy," Meachum wrote..............................................
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