Judge blocks Texas from investigating parents of transgender teen

Amy Clark Meachum has issued an order blocking governor Greg Abbott's directive examining gender-affirming care as child abuse

A Texas judge on Wednesday blocked the state from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender-confirmation treatments, but stopped short of preventing the state from looking into other reports about children receiving similar care.

District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary order halting the investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services into the parents of the 16-year-old girl. The parents sued over the investigation and Republican governor Greg Abbott's order last week that officials look into reports of such treatments as abuse.