Texas: Transgender Surgery Being Performed on Kids is Child Abuse and Violates the Law
Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have determined that transgender surgeries being performed on children is abuse and violates state law.
Governor Abbott had requested clarification on the issue from DFPS, the department responsible for investigating child abuse and neglect, earlier this month.
In response, DFPS Commissioner Jaime Masters asserted that it is.
“Genital mutilation of a child through reassignment surgery is child abuse, subject to all rules and procedures pertaining to child abuse,” DFPS Commissioner Masters wrote in a letter to Governor Abbott on Wednesday.
Masters continued on to say that performing surgery on the genitals of a child “may cause a ‘genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child’” under Texas family code.
