A judge in Texas has blocked an investigation into a family with a transgender teen in the state, stating that the inquiry violated their constitutional rights.
That inquiry was opened based on the mere possibility that the family “may” have provided the child with gender-affirming health care, the family noted in its lawsuit against the state.
In her order issued on Wednesday, state District Judge Amy Clark Meachum blocked Abbott’s decree, but. Her order does not block the state from opening similar investigations at this time — however, Meachum also announced that she would hold a hearing next week on whether Abbott’s entire order should be blocked as well.
In her decision, Meachum wrote that the parents and their child who were targeted as a result of Abbott’s order “face the imminent and ongoing deprivation of their constitutional rights, the potential loss of necessary medical care, and the stigma attached to being the subject of an unfounded child abuse investigation.”
In addition to the potential for Meachum to block the enforcement of Abbott’s order, the federal government may step in to protect the civil rights of transgender youth in the state. On Wednesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerrathat “refusing to provide treatment to an individual based on their gender identity is prohibited discrimination.”
“Similarly, federally-funded covered entities restricting an individual’s ability to receive medically necessary care, including gender-affirming care, from their health care provider solely on the basis of their sex assigned at birth or gender identity likely violates” federal law,
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