Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect
by Associated Press in Austin from on (#6EBKM)
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The Texas supreme court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such restrictions on transgender children.
Legal advocates who sued on behalf of the families and doctors, including the American Civil Liberties Union, called the law and the high court's decision Thursday cruel".
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