Texas governor sued by ACLU over directive to investigate parents for transgender care
ABC News
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Department of Family and Protective Services on the anti-trans "child abuse" directive.
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department for Family and Protective Services and Governor Greg Abbott for implementing a directive to investigate parents that provide gender-affirming care to transgender children.
In a Feb. 22 letter, Abbott ordered the DFPS to investigate gender-affirming care among youths in the state following an official declaration from state Attorney General Ken Paxton who also called it "child abuse."
The DFPS promptly announced that it would comply with Paxton and Abbott's directive. The department told ABC affiliate KVUE there were no investigations into such alleged "child abuse" before Abbott's directive.
DFPS Commissioner Jaime Masters is also listed as a defendant in the complaint.
