Texas Supreme Court Upholds Gender-Affirming Care Ban for Kids

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday upheld a conservative priority banning medical treatment for the purpose of a child transitioning to the opposite sex.

Overturning an injunction from a Democratic trial court judge, the all-Republican high court said Friday the state legislature was well within its constitutional authority to limit the practice of medicine when it implemented a policy limiting the types of medical procedures available to children.

The legislature, the majority said, made a “permissible, rational policy” given the “relative nascency” of gender dysphoria and treatments for it, including hormone therapy.

“We therefore conclude the statute does not unconstitutionally ...