A Texas judge on Friday night temporarily blocked Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) order to investigate gender-affirming care for transgender youth as “child abuse,” following a ruling earlier this month that barred the state from investigating the parents of a transgender teen.
On Friday night, Judge Amy Clark Meachum in Travis County ruled that Abbott’s order is “beyond the scope of his authority and unconstitutional.” In the order, Meachum said the statewide injunction will remain in effect until “this court, and potentially the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Texas” hear the case.
Meachum also ruled that Abbott’s order had the effect of a new law or agency rule “despite no new legislation, regulation or even stated agency policy.”
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Read Meachum’s latest ruling below:
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