The companies said they do business, create jobs and serve customers in Texas and are committed to creating safe communities for LGBTQ people
. That came after Paxton said in a nonbinding legal opinion that providing transgender children with gender-affirming care is child abuse. The state has begun investigations of at least nine families.Gender-affirming care is backed by major medical groups and includes supporting a child’s gender identity and their social transition, often with clothes or their name. The care can eventually include puberty blockers or hormone treatments; surgery is rare for children.
The letter said the state’s efforts to label such care as child abuse is one of several efforts across the country aimed at discriminating against transgender youth. Last year, the state alsothat required transgender student athletes in public schools to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate when they were born.
The appeal to Abbott is noteworthy. Business groups are generally supportive of the governor whose low-tax, low-regulation economic policies benefit them. But occasionally, the state’s major businesses strike out vocally on social issues they deem bad for business. because they would limit voting access. Republican leaders lambasted those two companies for that stance.
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