On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court affirmed the state’s prohibition of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and other treatments known as gender-affirming care for minors.
In an 8-1 decision, the court dismissed objections from parents who argued that a Texas law implemented in September 2023 infringed upon their authority to make decisions regarding their children’s medical treatment.
The Supreme Court wrote that lawmakers had “made a permissible, rational policy choice.”
“We conclude the Legislature made a permissible, rational policy choice to limit the types of available medical procedures for children, particularly in light of the relative nascency of both gender dysphoria and its various modes of treatment and the Legislature’s express constitutional authority to regulate the practice of medicine,” the ruling says.
The Texas Supreme Court added in the ruling that the “statute does not unconstitutionally deprive parents of their rights or physicians or health care providers of an alleged property right in their medical licenses or claimed right to occupational freedom.”
In June 2023, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) signed Senate Bill 14, which banned different types of transgender “medical interventions for children, including the likes of hormone therapy and puberty blockers” and surgeries.
In August 2023, the Texas Supreme Court lifted a temporary injunction that had been imposed following a ruling by a Texas district judge, who found that the law infringed upon the rights of transgender children as well as doctors and medical professionals in the state.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton praised the decision from the Supreme Court to uphold the ban and vowed that his office would “use every tool” at their disposal to “ensure that doctors and medical institutions follow the law.”
“Today, the Texas Supreme Court upheld SB 14, a law protecting children from dangerous gender confusion procedures by prohibiting puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mutilative surgeries on minors,” Paxton wrote in a post on X. “We will always defend children in Texas from these irreversible procedures. My office will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that doctors and medical institutions follow the law.”
Today, the Texas Supreme Court upheld SB 14, a law protecting children from dangerous gender confusion procedures by prohibiting puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mutilative surgeries on minors. We will always defend children in Texas from these irreversible procedures.…
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) June 28, 2024
Texas was the 21st state to prohibit children from undergoing sex changes, joining several other states with similar measures.
In January 2024, the Ohio Senate overturned the governor’s veto of a bill safeguarding children from “sex change drugs and procedures,” while also prohibiting boys from participating in girls’ sporting events.
Furthermore, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed a bill into law in March that prohibited “gender-reassignment” procedures for minor children.
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As the way it should be…
Hooray for the Texas Supreme Court and Gov. Greg Abbott.
Confused children should not be mutilated to feed their fantasy.
That’s my Governor and Supreme Court. Next should the Communist Democrats commit Voter fraud and win by cheating Texas must succeed.!
Good for Texas.