Three Texas families are suing in a bid to block the state from investigating them for child abuse in relation to “gender reassignment surgeries” for transgender children.
The lawsuit names Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas), the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), and its commissioner Jaime Masters.
The families claim they are providing their transgender children “medically necessary health care” and have sought a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction to stop the investigations.
In February, Abbott issued a directive ordering the DFPS to start investigating parents of children who undergo “sex change procedures.”
The decision was based on a legal opinion written by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (pdf), who said that “non-medically necessary, gender-based procedures or treatments on a minor” could constitute child abuse under Texas law….