Texas Outlaws Transgender Care for Children

The Texas Supreme Court has upheld a Texas law that would ban gender-affirming care for minors.

This is following a Texas district judge challenging the law, which temporarily put the law on halt.

A ban on gender-affirming care for minors is another win for child safety in Texas.

The Texas Supreme Court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such restrictions on transgender children.

Legal advocates who sued on behalf of the families and doctors, including the American Civil Liberties Union, called the law and the high court’s decision Thursday “cruel.“

“Transgender youth and their families are forced to confront the start of the school year fearful of what awaits them. But let us be clear: The fight is far from over,” the advocacy groups said in a joint statement.

Last week, a state district judge ruled the pending law violated the rights of transgender children and their families to seek appropriate medical care, and violated doctors’ ability to follow “well-established, evidence-based” medical guidelines under threat of losing their license.

The judge issued a temporary injunction to block the law and state officials immediately appealed to the state’s highest court for civil cases.

Many Republicans nationwide have been enacting laws that ban gender-affirming care for minors.

Of course, leftists aren’t happy about this:

BREAKING: The Texas Supreme Court decided to allow #SB14 to take effect Sept. 1 — banning evidence-based medical care for trans youth.

Let’s be clear: Trans youth are loved and belong in Texas.

We won’t stop until this cruel ban is struck down.

— ACLU of Texas (@ACLUTx) August 31, 2023

Texas needs to leave Trans kids alone.

— JulieCa🏳️‍🌈 (@JulieElzaCa) August 31, 2023

And the other side:

We will one day look back in horror that child sex changes were ever allowed at all https://t.co/vazlTOIs2g

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 31, 2023

https://twitter.com/GenMacArthurFan/status/1697307806758744382

Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for trans minors to take effect. A win for the protection of children. https://t.co/29pix36liU

— Rob Chopper (@RobChopper2) August 31, 2023

More from The HuffPost:

The Supreme Court order allowing the law to take effect did not explain the decision. The order did not address whether the law is unconstitutional, and a full hearing is expected.

More than 20 states have adopted laws to ban some gender-affirming care for minors, although some are not yet in effect or have been put on hold by courts.

The Texas law would prevent transgender minors from accessing hormone therapies, puberty blockers and transition surgeries, even though medical experts say such surgical procedures are rarely performed on children. Children who already started the medications being banned are required to be weaned off in a “medically appropriate” manner, the law said.

On Sept. 1 the ban on so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors goes into effect in Texas. I’m seeing lots of hysteria from the left (as predicted) about how this will somehow harm kids. Time to set the facts straight ⬇️

There are no systematic reviews (which by the way, are…

— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) August 30, 2023

Let’s make sure these changes take effect on the federal level.

We NEED to protect our children.