A Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday that barred the state from examining families of transgender children who have received gender reassignment treatment, which the state has classified as child abuse. Judge Jan Soifer’s decision suspends investigations against three sued families and bans similar investigations against members of the LGBTQ + PFLAG Inc. defense team. JUDGE SAYS NEW YORK LEGAL BATTLE AGAINST NRA CAN CONTINUE A transgender defender holds a flag at New York City Hall, USA, October 24, 2018. REUTERS / Brendan McDermid / File Photo (REUTERS / Brendan McDermid / File Photo) “I consider that there is sufficient reason to believe that the plaintiffs will be immediately and irreparably injured if the commissioner and the [Department of Family and Protective Services] “They are allowed to continue to apply and enforce this new Ministry rule that equates gender-based care with child abuse,” Schiffer said at the end of the hearing. Schiffer’s decision comes after the Texas Supreme Court issued a mixed ruling last month, allowing the state to investigate parents of transgender youths for child abuse, and also ruled in favor of a family contacted by foster care officials after the Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. . Abbott had ordered childcare officials to investigate reports of trans children receiving gender reassignment therapy. HOUSTON TEXANS, OTHERS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO DESHAUN WATSON LAWSUITS AFTER BOMBERS REPORT, LAWYER SAYS Protesters in support of trans rights demonstrated outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Jake Crandall / The Montgomery Advertiser via AP) Friday’s decision was in response to a challenge from Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the families of the three teenagers and PFLAG. Two of the teens were 16 and one was 14. A Lambda lawyer told the judge that the 14-year-old’s family found out after the lawsuit was filed that the state investigation into them had stopped. The families had told the courts that the investigations had caused stress to them and their children. The mother of one of the teenagers said that her child attempted suicide and was hospitalized the day Abbott issued his order. The outpatient psychiatric facility to which the child was referred reported that the family for child abuse found out that hormone therapy had been prescribed, the mother said in a court statement. MASSACHUSETTS PROFESSOR WAS CREATED FOR THE DRUNK DRIVING DEATH OF THE UNFORTUNATE BOSTON FRIEND Protesters gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak out against trans-related bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives May 20, 2021, in Austin, Texas. ((AP Photo / Eric Gay, Archive)) In March, a district judge issued a temporary restraining order following a lawsuit against a 16-year-old whose family claimed he was under investigation. The Texas Supreme Court ruled in May that the lower court had exceeded its authority by blocking all future investigations. The Texas Department of Family and Protection said it launched nine inquiries following Abbott’s order and a previous non-binding legal opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton that identifies certain medical treatments that confirm gender as child abuse. CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION The Associated Press contributed to this report.
