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In Texas, probes target parents of transgender minors

Washington (AFP) - Parents of transgender American minors are under investigation in Texas as part of a controversial new order by conservative Governor Greg Abbott, who has deemed the transitioning procedures "child abuse," according to a complaint filed Tuesday.

AFP

Lawsuit aims to stop Texas investigating parents seeking care for trans children

Lawsuit filed after state’s governor and attorney general called medically necessary gender-affirming care ‘child abuse’

The Guardian - US

Lawsuit: Texas investigating parents of transgender youth

The parents of a transgender teenager in Texas say in a lawsuit that the state is investigating them after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ordered officials to look into reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse

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Demandan a Texas por criminalizar el cuidado de niños transgénero

El gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, fue demandado por presuntamente violar los derechos constitucionales de los niños transgénero y sus padres al tratar de criminalizar el trato a los adolescentes con disforia de género.

Tribune News Service

Texas sued for criminalizing care for transgender children

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was sued for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of transgender children and their parents by trying to criminalize the treatment of adolescents with gender dysphoria.

Tribune News Service

Texas governor sued for trying to criminalise parents of trans kids seeking gender-affirmation treatments

The plaintiffs called Mr Abbott’s directive a ‘politically motivated misinformation campaign’

The Independent UK

2022 midterm elections: What to know ahead of Texas’ primary

The midterm election season opens on Tuesday

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2022 midterm elections: What to know ahead of Texas' primary

The 2022 midterm election season opens Tuesday in Texas

The Independent UK

Texas border deployment gets nearly $5 million boost after GOP leaders move money from other agencies

AUSTIN, Texas — With no fanfare, five of Texas’ top Republican leaders late last month moved nearly a half-billion dollars from three law enforcement-related state agencies to pay for the mounting costs of keeping thousands of National Guard soldiers deployed at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tribune News Service

Heidi Stevens: Texas attempt to criminalize medical care for transgender youth is cynical exploitation of our bully moment

We’re living in a bully moment, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just doubled down.

Tribune News Service

Arike Ogunbowale Calls Out Texas Attorney General, Governor Over Transgender Stance

She called their stance ‘damaging.’

Sports Illustrated

USWNT Players Wear Wristbands to Denounce Texas Governor’s Anti-Transgender Order

Texas governor Greg Abbott ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse by their guardians.

Sports Illustrated

Texas governor order treats gender-confirming care as abuse

Texas Gov_ Greg Abbott has ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as “child abuse."

The Independent UK

Outrage after Texas attorney general calls gender-affirming surgery ‘child abuse’

Rights groups argue the attorney general’s opinions, which have no legal bearing, will spread fear and misinformation

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Texas Observer

Dan Patrick’s Ban on Tenure Could Devastate Texas’ University System

The lieutenant governor’s proposal would not only do away with academic freedom; it would make attracting the best faculty near impossible.

The Independent UK

Abbott floats clemency for indicted Austin police officers

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is lashing out at the local prosecutor in his state’s capital, floating the possibility of clemency to 19 Austin police officers indicted for tactics used against during 2020 demonstrations against racial injustice

Salon

Abbott moves to outlaw trans children

Greg Abbott calls gender-affirming care "child abuse," directs agencies to investigate the practice

Axios

Abbott orders state agencies to investigate gender-affirming care for trans kids as child abuse

Abbott wrote that doctors, nurses, teachers and anyone who comes into contact with a child has a requirement to report parents.

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Tribune News Service

Poll: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott up 7 points over Beto O’Rourke; AG Ken Paxton likely headed to runoff

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott again holds a single-digit lead over Democrat Beto O’Rourke in the Texas governor’s race, while scandal-plagued Attorney General Ken Paxton probably is headed for a GOP runoff, according to a Dallas Morning News-University of Texas at Tyler poll released Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Texas rejecting record numbers of ballot requests as new law takes effect

Texas counties are rejecting record numbers of mail-in ballot applications just days after the start of early voting as post-2020 changes to voting laws reshape the conduct of elections in the second-largest U.S. state.

Salon

Abbott's border stunt blows up

“We're getting treated like sh*t": Texas Guardsman might unionize over conditions at the border

Ballotpedia

The most abortion-related statewide ballot measures since 1986

Welcome to the Wednesday, February 16, Brew.

Texas Observer

Porn in Schools?: Texas GOP Sparks a Moral Panic Ahead of the Primaries

With bans on books and “critical race theory,” Republicans are scapegoating the state’s teachers for political gain.

Al Jazeera

US: Tough border rhetoric dominates in lead-up to Texas election

Republican leaders vying for Texas governorship trying to ‘out-Trump’ each other ahead of March 1 vote, observers say.

Tribune News Service

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says ‘plenty of power available’ from electricity grid as winter storm hits

AUSTIN — All indications are that Texas’ power grid is meeting demand so far.

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