The attorney general said he is investigating the companies for allegedly violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
The attorney general's office still hasn't resolved an official opinion request about the legality of child gender modification.
The governor, the attorney general, and the author of the foremost bill to ban child gender modification are trading blame for its inaction.
The GENECIS program provided counseling and hormonal treatment to children diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
A planned transgender storytime for families at the Denton Public Library on November 20 is raising concerns among residents.
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State Rep. Bryan Slaton asked the DFPS last month if mastectomies, puberty blockers, and counseling to encourage transition may also be abuse.
Slaton's request comes after the Department of Family and Protective Services announced it will treat genital transition surgeries as abuse.
The "transgender mandate" required doctors to insure and perform abortions and gender modifications or face penalties.
Going forward, the agency will treat medically unnecessary gender transition surgeries as child abuse. The letter does not address puberty-blocking drugs or hormonal treatments.
"Chubbing" and poor calendar placement left this bill without the chance for a vote by the time the clock tolled midnight.
The proposed ban by Sen. Bob Hall would target doctors, not parents. Looming deadlines may kill it in a week.
