For a second time, Governor Greg Abbott and the DFPS have been sued for treating gender modification procedures as child abuse.
A TABC spokesman said the agency saw nothing illegal about admitting children to "Drag Your Kids to Pride" as long as they weren't served alcohol.
“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.
"I trust that the Alabama law will withstand judicial scrutiny, and I’m proud to help," Paxton said of the law that took effect this week.
While bills regarding UIL sports soaked up attention, bills that would have applied to NCAA sports died quietly. The reason remains unclear.
The state argued in court that Abbott’s directive did not apply to all child gender transition procedures.
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.
“There is no evidence that long-term mental health outcomes are improved or that rates of suicide are reduced by hormonal or surgical intervention.”
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.
