Senate Bill 14 would bar children from accessing puberty blockers and other medications, or from getting surgeries. Democrats thwarted two earlier votes.
While Democrats succeeded in delaying the bill, Republicans promised it would return to the floor later this week, against protests from LGBTQ advocates.
The closing of a prominent gender-affirming care program for children in Dallas has dismayed parents across Texas who say that options for their children’s care are few and far between and they don’t know what comes next for kids who need similar care.