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Texas Supreme Court Throws Out Protections for Trans Youth

The decision reaffirms the state child welfare agency’s ability to investigate families who seek gender-affirming care for their kids.

Texas Observer

GOP wants to let migrant babies starve

Abbott, Marjorie Taylor Greene and other GOPers want to fix shortage by denying formula to children in U.S. custody

Salon

Texas Supreme Court says governor cannot order trans child abuse investigations

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday struck down a statewide injunction halting child abuse investigations into the parents of transgender youth, while keeping in place a block on the case of one family who sued the state.

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Mixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations

The Texas Supreme Court is allowing the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse

The Independent UK

Texas Supreme Court OKs state child abuse inquiries into the families of trans kids

The ruling overturns an injunction barring state officials from following Abbott's directive to view treatments such as hormones and puberty-blocking drugs as incidents of child abuse.

WEKU

Abbott: "Keep formula from immigrants"

Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement condemning Biden for making formula available to immigrant babies

Salon

Jean Guerrero: The Supreme Court is coming for Latinos

Once the most trusted branch of government, the Supreme Court has been hijacked by the Republican Party for its war on equality and civil liberties. Latinos, who make up nearly 19% of the U.S. population, are seen by many conservatives as a threat. Not surprisingly, the effect of the court's…

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Texas governor criticises Biden administration for giving baby formula to migrant children

Republican officials are outraged that children in migrant detention facilities have access to formula during nationwide shortage

The Independent UK

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Now it's Democrats painting GOP as too extreme

In the 2020 election, Republicans enjoyed substantial success in their efforts to demonize Democrats by labeling many as socialists and assailing those seeking to revamp or defund local police departments.

Tribune News Service

The families of trans kids in Texas consider their options amid crackdown on care

Cameron Wright, 16, has always seen himself as a “dude.” As a young child, Cameron didn’t have the words to explain the disconnect between how he saw himself and how the world saw him. But he knew that despite being born in a girl’s body, he was meant to be…

Tribune News Service

Watchdog investigating whether Texas misspent Covid aid on border crackdown, report says

The Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that they were initiating a “review” into the state’s spending

The Independent UK

Democrats demand US Treasury probe on Texas shifting COVID funds to border security

WASHINGTON — Texas Democrats in Congress have asked the U.S. Treasury to investigate whether Gov. Greg Abbott has misused up to $1 billion in pandemic relief funds to pay for the state’s controversial border security effort.

Tribune News Service

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The South has risen again. Anything that involves privacy is gone.

Texas Observer

EXPLAINER: Schools may be Texas' next immigration fight

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants to challenge another decades-old U.S. Supreme Court precedent that requires public schools to educate students regardless of legal status

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Texas governor says the state may contest a Supreme Court ruling on migrant education

Gov. Greg Abbott says the court's ruling in 1982 has imposed an unfair burden on Texas.

Tribune News Service

Texas Gov. Abbott sparks backlash with talk of rolling back free school for immigrant kids

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has infuriated immigration advocates and educators by suggesting Texas may challenge a longstanding U.S. Supreme Court decision that says states and localities can’t bar unauthorized immigrant children from attending public schools.

The Guardian - US

Louisiana Republicans advance bill to make abortion a crime of murder

Since supreme court draft ruling was published, Democrats have warned of a likely torrent of challenges to established rights

Salon

When Roe goes, so go public schools?

Following Alito's reasoning on Roe, public schools aren't in the Constitution — and Republicans are now salivating

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The Independent UK

New Mexico seeks opportunity in Texas border disruptions

New Mexico is highlighting its support for proposals to route an international rail line through its Santa Teresa border crossing, capitalizing on Mexico’s unease with disruptions along the Texas portion of the U.S. border

Tribune News Service

Phoebe Bridgers shares her own abortion story as Supreme Court seems posed to overturn Roe v. Wade

Phoebe Bridgers wants everyone to be able to get an abortion as easily as she did.

Salon

Abbott's border stunt hurts Texas again

Backlash and frustrations over economic losses forced Abbott to announce the termination of the eight-day backlog

Al Jazeera

Mexico’s foreign minister accuses Texas governor of ‘extortion’

Texas upped inspections of commercial trucks entering the US in a bid to pressure Mexican states increase security.

Tribune News Service

Texas governor ‘extorting’ Mexico over inspections: minister

Mexico Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Texas Governor Greg Abbott pressured Mexico’s governors to lift border inspections due to long lines, Milenio newspaper reported.

Tribune News Service

In Texas, transgender official says science is being ‘politically perverted’ to attack LGBT people

FORT WORTH, Texas — The nation’s top transgender official came to Texas this weekend to call out what she called the political perversion of medicine and science and urge doctors to stand up against attacks on LGBT Americans’ access to health care.

Reuters

Mexican foreign minister slams 'extortion' by Texas in border dispute

The pressure Texas exerted on neighboring Mexican states last month to tighten border security was tantamount to "extortion", Mexico's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday.

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