A state district court judge has temporarily blocked a Texas law banning transgender youth from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
In her injunction Friday, Judge Maria Cantú Hexsel wrote that Senate Bill 14 “interferes with Texas families’ private decisions and strips Texas parents … of the right to seek, direct, and provide medical care for their children.”
Texas lawmakers passed SB 14 during this year’s regular legislative session, in addition to several other pieces of legislation affecting the lives of LGBTQ+ people.
Texas families and doctors sued the state in July with the hope of blocking the law. They argued SB 14 violates the Texas Constitution because it strips parents’ rights to make decisions about their child’s health care and discriminates against transgender kids because it restricts them from accessing certain types of care.
The state could appeal the state district court’s decision in an effort to let the law go into effect Sept. 1.
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This article originally appeared here in The Texas Tribune.
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