Judge to Weigh Blocking Texas Probes of Transgender Kids’ Care

A Texas judge could decide as early as Friday whether to block the state from investigating parents of transgender kids for alleged child abuse.

Civil rights lawyers have asked for a statewide injunction, but Texas says the court doesn’t have the power to stop its child welfare agency from investigating parents who seek out gender-affirming care for their kids, which Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said in a Feb. 18 opinion can constitute child abuse.

Families are already being contacted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and the state’s largest children’s hospital announced this week it’s ...