Court upholds order stopping child abuse investigation into Texas trans teen's family

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/09/ken-paxton-appeal-trans-teen-family/


A Texas appeals court sided with the parents of a transgender teenager in a ruling Wednesday, rejecting Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to allow a child abuse investigation to proceed.

The ruling will allow a lower court to hold a hearing, scheduled for Friday, where lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal will ask a judge to stop the state from launching child abuse investigations against parents who have obtained gender-affirming care for their transgender children.

In a nonbinding legal opinion issued in mid-February, Paxton equated gender-affirming care with child abuse. Gov. Greg Abbott followed that with a letter directing Texas Child Protective Services to open investigations into families that provide this care to their children.

While most gender-affirming care focuses on “social transition” — allowing a child to express their gender how they’d like — some transgender children take puberty blockers, a completely reversible medical treatment that’s prescribed for a wide range of situations beyond transition. Paxton and Abbott also cited concerns over gender-affirming surgeries that are rarely, if ever, used on children.

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[IngridsLittleAngel]

1. Good. That's another step toward stopping these two monsters.

Now of course we need to keep our fingers crossed that on Friday, justice and humanity prevails in that lower court hearing, and Herrs Abbott and Paxton have their efforts to inflict cruelty upon trans children shot down yet again.

Then, in the name of fighting child abuse, charges of abuse need to be brought up again Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Shelley "I don't want to teach anymore since I can't encourage students to bully trans kids!" Luther and anyone else who has made an active effort to punch down on, abuse and harm trans children.

Thank to you to the appeals court, and, keep fighting the good fight, ACLU and Lambda.

As far as Abbott and his pack of goons? Enough is enough... LOCK THEM UP!

[obamanut2012]

2. Will the state employee parent get her job back?

[IngridsLittleAngel]

4. If there's any justice, she will

In fact, if there is any justice, she'll get her job back as Abbott and Paxton lose theirs.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This is great news

[ismnotwasm]

5. Thank God

[crickets]

6. Good. K&R for visibility.