Thu Mar 3, 2022 – 8:24 pm EST
AUSTIN, Texas (LifeSiteNews) – Texas is investigating parents who are subjecting their children to dangerous, experimental “gender transition” procedures after a recent order from Gov. Greg Abbott declared that the practices constitute child abuse.
According to a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the Texas child protection agency has launched investigations into several parents for allegedly pursuing transgender drugs or surgeries for their kids.
Abbott last week ordered all state agencies to treat transgender hormones and “sex change” procedures for minors as child abuse under state law. In Abbott’s directive, he also instructed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate all reported instances of children and adolescents in the state undergoing “abusive gender-transitioning procedures.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote in a legal opinion the previous day that the practices violate Texas statutes against child abuse.
DFPS began investigating parents within hours of the governor’s order, according to a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas and LGBT activist group Lamda Legal. DFPS confirmed in a statement to Reuters that it has “had three intakes” as of Tuesday.
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