ACLU Plans Lawsuit If TX Anti-Trans Bills Become Law

Brian Klosterboer, attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, said the ban allows trans teens already receiving hormone therapy to continue temporarily but requires they “wean” themselves off the treatments.

“We are preparing a lawsuit against SB 14, the bill that bans health care for transgender youth,” Klosterboer stated. “We will take the state to court if Abbott signs that bill into law.”

Some “blue” states are moving in the opposite direction from Texas, including neighboring Colorado, which passed its legislation protecting people’s access to reproductive health services and facilities.

Meanwhile, the Texas House gave initial approval to Senate Bill 12, aimed initially at restricting children from seeing drag performances, but as worded now, gives officials the power to target any version.

Klosterboer contended that the law is overly broad and censors free expression by threatening to ban and criminalize any performance which “appeals to the prurient interest in sex” without defining the term.

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passing gender-affirming care.

Last week, the Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 14, which essentially bans such care for kids under 18.

Senate Bill 14 was authored by Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, who argued that youth under 18 who receive genderaffirming treatments might regret their decision later.