Texas Supreme Court grapples with limits of ‘parents’ rights’ in challenge to trans care ban

Texas Supreme Court grapples with limits of ‘parents’ rights’ in challenge to trans care ban. January 30, 2024

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/trans-care-supreme-court-18638015.php

Summary: A lawsuit challenging the state’s new ban on transition care for transgender minors is forcing the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court to weigh the limits of parental rights.

Senate Bill 14, which went into effect Sept. 1, prohibits doctors from prescribing medications like puberty blockers and hormone therapy to minors, and from performing transition-related surgeries on them. The medications are common treatments for transgender minors, while surgery is rare.