The Texas Supreme Court upheld a state law that bans gender-transition medical treatment for minors, overturning a lower-court ruling. Parents of transgender children and advocacy groups faced a setback in their fight against the ban.
The court's decision to vote 8 to 1 in favor of the law, which restricts doctors from prescribing certain medications and performing specific procedures on minors, was seen as a blow to parents' rights and transgender advocacy groups.
Justice Rebeca A. Huddle, in the court's opinion, stated that the Legislature's choice to limit medical procedures for children was rational, considering the nature of gender dysphoria and its treatments.
The court's ruling highlighted Texas' strong stance on protecting parental rights but found the argument against the law, based on parental decision-making, to be insufficient.
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