The Biden White House released a statement Wednesday slamming the state of Texas and accusing it of attacking transgender youth through a directive ordering investigations into situations where children underwent gender transition procedures.
You can now listen to Fox News articles!and accusing it of attacking transgender youth through a directive ordering investigations into situations where children underwent gender transition procedures.
The White House added that the Department of Health and Human Services is taking"several actions" to"keep transgender children in Texas and their families safe."new guidance on the matter and issuing a memo to child welfare agencies across the country. On Wednesday, a Texas judge blocked the state from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender-confirmation treatments, but stopped short of preventing the state from looking into other reports about children receiving similar care.District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary order halting the investigation by the Department of Family and Protective Services into the parents of the 16-year-old girl.
President Biden touched on the issue of transgender youths in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
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