The family of a 16-year-old transgender teen sued Abbott after being investigated by...
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The employee, who is not named in the suit, had asked her supervisors for clarification on the impact of Abbott’s new order, according to the suit, which does not contain details on what prompted the agency’s investigation. Castillo said Mooney had already received communications from people “threatening her license with respect to making allegations with the Texas Medical Board of Psychology.”
Assistant Attorney General Ryan Kercher argued in court that Paxton's legal opinion alone was not a directive to DFPS and did not change the law. Kercher said the opinon just concluded that a court could find certain transgender care to be abuse. Meachum was skeptical of this argument, asking why Abbott would have written the letter to DFPS if not to spur enforcement.
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