Texas Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Child Sex Changes – Majority of Eight to One
The Texas Supreme Court has upheld a ban on child sex changes, ruling that such a policy does not violate the state’s constitution.
Justices voted by a majority of eight to one in favor of allowing the law, which was passed by Texas legislators last year, to remain in place.
Under the legislation, doctors are prohibited from prescribing hormones and puberty blockers, and it also prevents them them from performing sex change procedures on minors.
“The legislature made a permissible, rational policy choice to limit the types of available medical procedures for children, particularly in light of the relative nascency of both gender dysphoria and its various modes of treatment and the legislature’s express constitutional authority to regulate the practice of medicine,” Texas Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Huddle wrote.
