Jon Hicks/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department for Family and Protective Services
Jon Hicks/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department for Family and Protective Services
Jon Hicks/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) 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. Representatives for DFPS, Masters and Abbott did not immediately respond to ABC News' requests for comment. The lawsuit, led by the ACLU and Lambda Legal, calls t
(AUSTIN, Texas) The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department for Family and Protective Services and Governor Greg Abbo