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In February 2022, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an order for the Texas DFPS to treat all gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth as child abuse. The New York Times noted Younger's case had "paved the way for" this. [15]
On February 24, 2022, Briggle spoke out against the efforts of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to describe gender-affirming medical treatments for children as child abuse and the directive from Abbott for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate families with transgender children who were reported to be receiving such medical ...
The demands are part of a yearslong effort by Paxton, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state GOP to eliminate gender-affirming care for minors in the state, which in some cases has led families with ...
A 2004 report by Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn was very critical of the Texas foster care system. [10] A follow-up statement with continued criticisms of the Texas foster care system was made in 2006 by the Comptroller and renewed a request to have the governor create a Family and Protective Services Crisis Management Team. [11]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says state agencies are required to investigate families pursuing gender-affirming care for their children. Here's what gender-affirming care really is — and isn't.
Five Texas families with transgender children and three medical providers are suing the state over a new law preventing minors from accessing gender-affirming health care, arguing in a lawsuit ...
Texas’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, dealing a blow to a group of medical providers, national LGBTQ organizations and families with ...
Texas is closer to joining 15 U.S. states in banning care for transgender youth. Here’s what that will mean.