Texas Supreme Court rules investigations into gender-affirming care can continue

  • 📰 KUT
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 19 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 68%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

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

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

En español: El Tribunal Supremo de Texas anuló el viernes la prohibición estatal de investigar el cuidado de los jóvenes transgénero como si se tratara de un abuso infantil.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 77. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Texas Supreme Court allows child abuse investigations into families of transgender teens to continueBreaking: The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's child welfare agency can continue investigating families that provide gender-affirming care to their kids. But it also questioned why the state started the investigations in the first place. Oh, that makes total sense. Way to go, Texas. Are you ready to flip this state yet? Start by voting next week in the Dem runoff. CollierForTexas JaworskiForTX What kind of miserable POS state do you people live in!!!!! Sane people should get the hell out. And judges wonder why no one trusts the court systems That makes zero sense.
Source: TexasTribune - 🏆 441. / 53 Read more »

Texas Supreme Court Ruling Allows Trans Youth Parent Investigations to ResumeThe Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to resume investigations into parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family investigated following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. More Republican invasion of our private lives!
Source: NBCDFW - 🏆 288. / 63 Read more »

Texas Supreme Court clears state to launch more investigations into families of trans kidsTexas “does not need permission from courts to investigate, but it needs permission...
Source: ExpressNews - 🏆 519. / 51 Read more »

Texas Supreme Court allows state to investigate parents of transgender youthThe Texas Supreme Court is allowing the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse as part of a mixed ruling Friday.
Source: dothaneagle - 🏆 337. / 59 Read more »

Texas law prohibiting social media companies from banning users over viewpoints reinstated by appeals courtThe conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals says a Texas law can go into effect while a lawsuit challenging it makes its way through the court system. The law allows Texans banned by social media to sue.
Source: FOX4 - 🏆 289. / 63 Read more »

Court: Texas Was Wrong to Jail Black Woman for Five Years for ‘Illegal’ VoteThe Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has ruled that a woman sentenced to five years in prison for illegally voting in 2016 with a ballot that was never officially tallied must have her appeal reconsidered The republican voters in The Villages in Florida who knowingly voted twice for Trump got probation, none of them will be behind bars for even one day. I wonder why Crystal Mason is treated differently. 🤔 Why can't we jail others, like Mark Meadows, for doing that 3 times? Oh wait, he's white. BeauTFC Especially since so many Republicans who committed voter fraud get off scot-free and BTW, Mark Meadows and the lovely Mrs. Meadows haven't even been charged yet.
Source: thedailybeast - 🏆 307. / 63 Read more »