Doe v. Abbott and Muth v. PFLAG
Appellate court upheld, in a pair of decisions, injunctions prohibiting the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from enforcing an expanded definition of “child abuse” in a way that would mandate investigations of caregivers providing gender-affirming medical care for minors. The state has appealed to the Texas Supreme Court.
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