Justice Department says policies violate childrens’ rights to due process and equal...
FILE - Demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House, May 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas. No texts or emails that leave paper trails. Unusually close oversight. Texas child welfare workers who have quit over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's first-of-its-kind directive in the U.S.
“Intentionally erecting discriminatory barriers to prevent individuals from receiving gender-affirming care implicates a number of federal legal guarantees,” DOJ officials wrote in a letter sent Thursday to state attorney generals. The letter comes after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton authored a non-binding legal opinion that some gender-affirming care may constitute child abuse and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate parents who get such care for their children.A state appeals court temporarily blocked Abbott’s order after the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal sued on behalf of parents. Paxton has asked the state supreme court to take up the issue.
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