Judge blocks Texas from investigating families of transgender children for child abuse

A Texas judge blocked the state from probing families of transgender youth who have received gender-affirming treatment that the state has labeled as child abuse.

"I do find that there is sufficient reason to believe that the plaintiffs will suffer immediate and irreparable injury if the commissioner and the [Department of Family and Protective Services] are allowed to continue to implement and enforce this new Department rule that equates gender-affirming care with child abuse," Soifer said at the conclusion of a hearing.