Excellent: Texas governor directs state agencies to investigate gender-affirming 'care' for trans youths as child abuse

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) directed state agencies this week to conduct “prompt and thorough” investigations into the use of gender-affirming care for transgender children, a move that follows an opinion from the state attorney general that such treatments are a form of “child abuse.”

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In a letter Tuesday to the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services, Abbott cited an opinion issued Friday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) stating that certain gender-affirming treatments for transgender children — including gender reassignment surgery and puberty-blocking medications — “can legally constitute child abuse under several provisions” of state law.

Abbott wrote that the protective services agency “is responsible for protecting children from abuse,” adding in a tweet Tuesday that the agency will “refer for prosecution any such abuse.”

The Department of Family and Protective Services did not respond to a request for comment from The Washington Post late Tuesday on whether it would follow the directive. A spokesperson for the agency told the Dallas Morning News that it “will follow Texas law as explained [by Paxton’s opinion],” adding that it had no pending investigations.

Abbott said Texas doctors, nurses and teachers have an obligation to report instances of child abuse and that existing law “provides criminal penalties for failure to report such child abuse.” Members of the public have similar requirements, Abbott wrote.

.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/23/greg-abbott-gender-affirming-care-child-abuse-directive/

Excellent: Texas governor directs state agencies to investigate gender-affirming 'care' for trans youths as child abuse

Excellent: Texas governor directs state agencies to investigate gender-affirming 'care' for trans youths as child abuse

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