Texas will treat trans treatment for minors as ‘child abuse’
by Michael Cook, MercatorNet;
It’s a controversial step, but there is solid reasoning behind it.
Texas could prosecute parents who allow their children to change their gender as child abusers, says its governor, Greg Abbott.
In a letter sent this week to the Department of Family and Protective Services, Abbott said the agency “is responsible for protecting children from abuse.” He warned that teachers, doctors, nurses, and others who don’t report alleged abuse could incur criminal penalties.
The governor was responding to a formal opinion drafted by the Texas Attorney-General Ken Paxton which creates a legal justification for this controversial step. “Opinions” do not have the force of law, but public officials are expected to follow them.
Transgenderism is a fashionable cause, even in a conservative state like Texas, and Abbott’s directive was spurned by some prosecutors.
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