Texas Supreme Court allows state's 'cruel' gender-affirming care ban to take effect
The Texas Supreme Court, made up entirely of Republicans, decided Thursday to allow a ban on gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth to take effect on September 1, rejecting an emergency effort by advocacy groups to block the law.
The decision came a week after a Texas district judge temporarily halted the Republican-authored law, arguing that S.B. 14 infringes on the "fundamental right of parents to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children."
Texas officials swiftly appealed the district judge's decision, prompting the rights groups that sued over the law to file an emergency request urging the state's high court to prevent enforcement of the ban, which Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law in June....