For a second time, Governor Greg Abbott and the DFPS have been sued for treating gender modification procedures as child abuse.
“Defendants ‘can’t have their cake and eat it too,’” the judge wrote of the guidance that the Biden administration claimed was not a final action.
The lower court had blocked the hospital's prohibition on puberty blockers and other hormonal transition treatments for new child patients.
The court decided to preserve the order that stops DFPS from investigating abuse in the family that sued, a decision that split the justices.
The state's developing foster care model has improved this year in some metrics and worsened in some others.
Court monitors say "ample evidence” substantiates claims of sexual abuse and potentially even trafficking at The Refuge.
“I cannot acquiesce to the political nature of the job,” Child Care Investigations Director Justin Lewis wrote in his letter of resignation.
While the Texas Rangers found no evidence of abuse or trafficking, concerns about child pornography at The Refuge remain.
Child deaths caused by physical abuse have decreased since 2019. In the same period, however, child suicides have increased.
Texas Children’s Hospital, a medical center in Houston, announced that it would stop administering drugs meant to aid child sex transitions.
Despite threats, the Biden administration is currently enjoined from disciplining doctors that refuse to perform transition procedures.
Abbott had previously promised to issue the DFPS directive once Attorney General Ken Paxton finished an opinion on the topic.
