{"id":1971953,"date":"2023-07-13T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-files-lawsuit-to-block-texas-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T13:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:08:52","slug":"group-files-lawsuit-to-block-texas-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-files-lawsuit-to-block-texas-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit filed against Texas ban on transgender procedures for minors."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgroup-files-lawsuit-to-block-texas-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1971953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Group of Texas Parents Fight Against State Ban on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors<\/h2>\n<p>A group of passionate Texas parents with transgender children have taken a bold step by filing a lawsuit to challenge a state ban on gender transition procedures for minors. This ban, signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) last month as Senate Bill 14, prohibits the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormone replacement, and transition surgeries for children. The parents argue that this law is not only discriminatory but also infringes upon their rights as parents.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Standing Up for Transgender Youth<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The attack that Texas legislators and the governor have launched against transgender youth and their families and providers is stunning in its cruelty,&#8221; expressed Paul D. Castillo, senior counsel for Lambda Legal, the organization leading the lawsuit. &#8220;They are actively ignoring the science, dismissing best-practice medical care, intervening in a parent&#8217;s right to care for and love their child, and explicitly exposing trans youth in Texas to rampant discrimination. This law is not just harmful and cruel, it is life-threatening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>LGBT activists highlight various medical organizations that assert the safety and lack of long-term effects associated with transgender procedures. However, there are also skeptics who question the scientific basis of these procedures.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Debating the Science<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The science on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-files-lawsuit-to-block-texas-ban-on-transgender-procedures-for-minors\/\" title=\"Lawsuit filed against Texas ban on transgender procedures for minors.\">gender dysphoria lacks sufficient high-quality evidence documented<\/a>, and there&#8217;s a growing list of harms, established side effects that accompany patients,&#8221; argued State Rep. Tom Oliverson during the House debate over the bill.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The American College of Pediatricians, a conservative medical advocacy group, contends that these treatments are not only unproven but also dangerous.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Unanswered Questions and Potential Risks<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;There is not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planned-parenthood-pushes-puberty-blockers-for-kids\/\" title=\"Planned Parenthood Pushes Puberty Blockers for Kids\">single long-term study<\/a> to demonstrate the safety or efficacy of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries for transgender-believing youth,&#8221; stated the group. &#8220;This means that youth transition is experimental, and therefore, parents cannot provide informed consent, nor can minors provide assent for these interventions. Moreover, the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revealed-pediatricians-privately-slam-american-academy-of-pediatrics-for-pushing-puberty-blockers-to-teens\/\" title=\"REVEALED: Pediatricians Privately Slam American Academy Of Pediatrics For Pushing Puberty Blockers To Teens\">long-term evidence<\/a> we have among adults shows that medical intervention fails to reduce suicide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group further warns about potential health problems associated with puberty blockers and hormone therapy, including &#8220;osteoporosis, mood disorders, seizures, cognitive impairment, and when combined with cross-sex hormones, sterility. In addition to the harm from Lupron, cross-sex hormones put youth at an increased risk of heart attacks, stroke, diabetes, blood clots, and cancers across their lifespan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the legal battle unfolds, the outcome of this lawsuit will have significant implications for transgender youth in Texas and may influence similar debates in other states.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that the ban violates the constitutional rights of transgender minors. They believe that denying access to gender transition procedures can have severe consequences for their children&#8217;s mental and physical well-being. The parents are seeking to overturn the law and ensure that their children have the right to make informed decisions about their own bodies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1971954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}