The order halts investigations of three families who sued over Abbott's directive that child-welfare officials target parents who seek gender-affirming care for their kids. GregAbbott Texas translivesmatter trangender LGBTQ TransRightsAreHumanRights
LGBTQ+ advocates gather in Austin to protest anti-trans legislation last year backed by Gov. Greg Abbott.
A Texas judge on Friday temporarily stopped the state from conducting child-abuse investigations into families fo obtaining gender-affirming medical care for their transgender children,The temporary restraining order from Judge Jan Soifer stops state investigations of three families who sued over Gov. Greg Abbott's February order directing Texas child-welfare officials to probe families of transgender kids, according to NPR.
"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, according to NPR.
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