The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that investigations into gender-affirming care can continue.
in February that stated certain “sex-change” procedures and the prescribing of puberty-blockers to certain children is “child abuse” under state law.
But the Texas Supreme Court also said in its opinion Friday that the Texas DFPS was not bound to act by either Paxton’s opinion or Abbott’s order because the Texas Legislature grants the “responsibility” to investigate allegations of child abuse to DFPS instead. The investigations were first halted by Travis County-based state district Judge Amy Clark Meachum on
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