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LostOne4Ever

(9,290 posts)
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 10:48 AM Apr 2021

Texas lawmakers proposed a bill to separate trans children from their families [View all]

Texas lawmakers proposed a bill to separate trans children from their families, labeling transgender care 'child abuse'

The Texas state legislature is attempting to pass a bill that would separate trans children from their families for providing them with gender-affirming care.

SB1646 would prohibit parents from "administering or supplying, or consenting to or assisting in the administering or supplying of puberty suppression prescription drug or cross-sex hormone to a child, other than an intersex child, for the purpose of gender transitioning or gender reassignment."

The bill would change the state's definition of child abuse to include parents allowing trans minors to access hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and puberty blockers, two types of treatment commonly prescribed to trans minors by medical professionals.

Advocates like Adri Perez, a policy and advocacy strategist for the ACLU of Texas, say the bill could cost trans children their lives if passed.


More at link:
https://www.insider.com/texas-lawmakers-propose-bill-to-label-trans-health-care-child-abuse-2021-4?fbclid=IwAR1YmRjWLTUkQbEzmYdCnfyv2c7p-7aeIxpyEubkV2FDOz_Zy9QwK8r2TP0

The lawmakers of my state are monsters!
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