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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nathan Place

Trans rights groups slam Texas leaders’ ‘campaign stunt’ calling gender affirmation treatments ‘child abuse’

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Human rights groups are outraged after Texas’ governor and attorney general condemned all gender affirmation treatments for minors as “child abuse”.

On Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott ordered the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate the use of such treatments – including “puberty blocker” medications, hormone therapy, and gender confirmation surgeries – on transgender children.

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