Judge blocks Texas investigating families of trans youth
Source: Associated Press
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from investigating families of transgender children who have received gender-confirming medical care, a new obstacle to the state labeling such treatments as child abuse.
The temporary restraining order issued by Judge Jan Soifer halts investigations against three families who sued, and prevents any similar investigations against members of the LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG Inc. The group has more than 600 members in Texas.
I do find that there is sufficient reason to believe that the plaintiffs will suffer immediate and irreparable injury if the commissioner and the (Department of Family and Protective Services) are allowed to continue to implement and enforce this new Department rule that equates gender affirming care with child abuse, Soifer said at the end of a roughly 40-minute hearing.
The ruling comes about a month after the Texas Supreme Court allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/politics-greg-abbott-texas-lawsuits-child-welfare-7692c56aa008effbbefcac31ac677dc4
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)Never should've gone on this far. Never should've gone on this long. Hell, never should've started at all.
GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR LIVES, ABBUTT.
The next step is to investigate the so-called "Christian" "leadership" of Texbekistan for child abuse, discrimination, infliction of emotional distress, etc....
https://www.democraticunderground.com/113757226
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)"The use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims."
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)What's going on in Texas. What's going on in Florida. What's going on in all red states. "Preachers" preaching death upon LGBTQ's. The 31 members of Patriot Front arrested in Idaho yesterday. January 6. It's all domestic terrorism. The country is being terrorized from within.
While we were "fighting terror" halfway around the world, we allowed it to grow and fester here.