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Texas doctors fear a new era of government intrusion into medicine as lawmakers ban transition care for kids following prohibitions on abortion.

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The Legislature recently passed a bill that would bar minors from receiving this medical care, but it has not yet been signed or gone into effect.

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Monday marked the first chance legislators had to introduce bills for the upcoming term, which begins in January 2023.

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Friday’s injunction applies to all members of PFLAG, an LGBTQ advocacy group with more than 600 members in Texas.

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A recent New York Times article that experts called inaccurate and unethical now serves as evidence in Texas against transgender kids.

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One hopes, perhaps in vain, that this is where your trans-bashing bigotry at long last jumps the shark, and all except the most demented of your followers shake their heads regretfully and take their business elsewhere.

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