The Texas Supreme Court is currently hearing oral arguments related to Senate Bill 14, which prohibits doctors from prescribing gender-affirming care such as hormone therapies and puberty blockers to minors under the age of 18. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested patient records from QueerMed in Decatur, Georgia, indicating a multi-state effort to gather information on transgender youths. The law has been challenged on constitutional grounds in the Loe v. Texas lawsuit, with critics arguing it violates parental rights and supporters claiming it protects children. The ACLU held a press conference following the hearing. Texas is among over a dozen other states with similar laws. The outcome of the case may hinge on the justices' interpretation of parental rights.
The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning on litigated legislation banning gender-affirming care among children, months after a district court judge deemed the law unconstitutional. https://t.co/c6ZdArhuzw
The Texas Supreme Court will have to consider arguments made for and against Senate Bill 14, which blocks the use of gender-affirming care. https://t.co/O74GgsKtue #khou11 @TroyKlessTV
Texas Supreme Court hears arguments for ban on gender-affirming care for kids https://t.co/qFcVo0hxDh
A fight over allowing transgender children to access puberty blockers and hormone therapies could hinge on justices’ interpretation of parental rights. @TexasTribune https://t.co/6gxu9fosNj
Texas Supreme Court hears arguments on new law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth https://t.co/wxKfxn13om
A lawsuit challenging the state’s new ban on transition care for transgender minors is forcing the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court to weight the limits of parental rights. https://t.co/D9u0QhFNot
The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments today on the state's ban on gender-affirming healthcare for transgender minors. The court will decide if the law violates parents' rights or protects children from harm. https://t.co/Wa1nAop9MZ
Texas Supreme Court grapples with limits of ‘parents’ rights’ in challenge to trans care ban https://t.co/5woTYaT71g
The Texas Supreme Court heard a challenge today to a new state law banning transgender children from receiving certain health care options & put doctors’ medical licenses in jeopardy for providing these treatments. https://t.co/j5Lfx4L2yr
The @SupremeCourt_TX heard oral arguments regarding a lawsuit against Senate Bill 14, the state's ban on child gender modification treatments and procedures. Loe v. Texas was filed after the bill was signed into law in June 2023. https://t.co/VJxuaP5n71
If you’ve received a letter from the Texas attorney general’s office requesting medical records of transgender Texas youth treated at your out of state facility, I’d like to talk to you. The office is refusing to release these public records to the press.
Is Texas' ban on gender-affirming care for minors constitutional? Supreme Court hears case https://t.co/uO5QIVnlWd
Texas Supreme Court hears arguments over gender-affirming care for minors https://t.co/xxmf4hkswq
Oral Arguments: Texas Supreme Court Weighs Gender-Based Medical Care Ban https://t.co/ecW6b6l15M
Loving families share their stories as the Texas Supreme Court argues the ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth: ‘I will not let people who don’t know me or my family destroy our lives’ ⬇️ Read the story ⬇️ https://t.co/6dFdwEBXlU https://t.co/nFkzDo4khE
Texas is one of 23 states that restrict gender-affirming care for young transgender people to some extent. The state Supreme Court is set to hear legal challenges to those restrictions. (Via @TexasTribune) https://t.co/anYQ8VhDoe
State Supreme Court to hear legal challenge to ban on gender-transition care for kids https://t.co/AoSffafDb0
After Gov. Greg Abbott signed the measure barring transgender Texas youth from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapies, some of their families filed a lawsuit seeking to block the law from going into effect. https://t.co/anF7Sk0EfG
The Supreme Court of Texas hears oral arguments today challenging Senate Bill 14, the gender-affirming care ban that went into effect last September. https://t.co/y1iULd2cgL
WATCH: ACLU holds press conference after Texas Supreme Court hears case on ban of gender-affirming care for minors. https://t.co/ukzyOEffhE
Outside the courtroom, Texas Values, a conservative advocacy organization, is praising SB 14 as a method to regulate and effectively ban medical healthcare for trans minors. https://t.co/LMfNiwQ9Rq https://t.co/yzpvfAlXQm
WATCH: Press conference by Texas Values after Texas Supreme Court hears legal challenge to ban on transition-related care for children. https://t.co/ukzyOEffhE
The Texas Supreme Court will hear a legal challenge Tuesday to a new state law banning doctors from prescribing gender-affirming care for transgender youth, a prohibition that a district court judge said was unconstitutional. (via @TexasTribune ) https://t.co/TOzb9wAmyp
It all comes down to transition-related care, which state allows it and which doesn't. Texas is one of over a dozen other states with laws that restrict minors' access to this kind of care. https://t.co/K7akxIHmZe
On Friday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested medical records for all Texas youth who have received gender-affirming care through QueerMed in Decatur. The founder of that clinic calls his request "a clear attempt to intimidate providers." https://t.co/46psFgI1mJ
Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments for and against Senate Bill 14 -- the law that banned gender transition among children. https://t.co/1SYmhtJp1B
The Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments for and against SB 14, which bans hormone therapies and puberty blockers from minors under the age of 18. https://t.co/n3yKfvOIK6
JUST IN: Tomorrow morning, the Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments for and against SB 14, which bans hormone therapies and puberty blockers from minors under the age of 18. https://t.co/ROJ8I4P5gw #khou11
"Georgia is at least the second state where Paxton has sought the medical records of Texas youths, showing that his office is ramping up efforts to curb access to gender-affirming care." https://t.co/LhVTukr3NT
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a Georgia telehealth clinic to share information about gender-affirming care as part of his wider probe, a move that shows the Republican is looking in multiple states for information about transgender youths. https://t.co/hJfxyHXq3I
Texas’ ban on child gender modification will have oral arguments heard in the Texas Supreme Court this week. This is the latest step in the lengthy legal challenges that the law has endured since it was passed last year. #txlege https://t.co/gWdLOrYLwM
Texas attorney general requests transgender youths’ patient records from Georgia clinic (via @TexasTribune) https://t.co/uPlmpP6i6G
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is requesting medical records of Texas youth who have received gender-affirming care from a Georgia telehealth clinic. https://t.co/5GhRYWN7zI
This is at least the second time Ken Paxton’s office has sought such records from an out-of-state provider since Texas banned transition-related care for kids. https://t.co/f2mAHcAf8P
This is at least the second time Ken Paxton’s office has sought such records from an out-of-state provider since Texas banned transition-related care for kids. READ MORE: https://t.co/a85BD6F06N
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is requesting medical records of Texas youth who have received gender-affirming care from a Georgia telehealth clinic, marking at least the second time he’s sought such records from providers in another state. https://t.co/W4KIKWYrgQ
Ken Paxton is requesting medical records of Texas youth who have received gender-affirming care from a Georgia telehealth clinic. This is at least the second time the Texas attorney general has sought such records from providers in another state. https://t.co/3Hf7iFcpFt
The request is similar to one Paxton recently sent to Seattle Children’s Hospital. LGBTQ advocates have criticized the effort as fear-mongering. https://t.co/hZ836ELRTG
AG Ken Paxton seeking records from second out-of-state transgender care provider https://t.co/UysjKykKe0