'[My son] is receiving mental health care and is recovering ... but these events have devastated our life,' said the mother of the trans teen who tried to take his own life. GregAbbott KenPaxton TransRightsAreHumanRights LGBTQ Texas ProtectTransKids
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has repeatedly targeted transgender people as he seeks reelection this fall.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday by three Texas families, a mother said her 16-year-old son attempted suicide after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state officials to investigate parents for child abuse if they obtain gender-affirming care for their children., filed in Travis County district court, the families said they live in fear of their kids being taken away because they sought medically necessary health care.
The suit demands that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services end its investigation of the families. It also seeks to block the agency from investigating any other families affiliated with LGBTQ+ advocacy group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Lambda Legal and the ACLU filed the suit, the second filed since Abbott's order. The governor based his directive on a nonbinding opinion from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a fellow Republican.in the earlier suit, preventing DFPS from continuing its probe of the individual family that filed the challenge. The court also said neither Abbott nor Paxton has the authority to direct DFPS investigations of families with trans kids.
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