AUSTIN – The
Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) filed a Notice of Accelerated
Interlocutory Appeal directly to the Texas Supreme Court in Loe, et al. v. State of Texas, et al,
under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Section 6.001(b) and Texas
Rule of Appellate Procedure 29.1(b). While a district judge’s ruling
attempted to block the state’s enforcement of a Texas law protecting
children from “gender transition” interventions, this filing stays the
ruling pending a decision by the Texas Supreme Court.
This
year, the Texas Legislature passed SB 14, a law that prohibits
hospitals from administering experimental hormones or conducting
mutilative “gender transition” surgical procedures on minors. These
unproven medical interventions are emphatically pushed by some activists
in the medical and psychiatric professions despite the lack of evidence
demonstrating medical benefit, and even while growing evidence
indicates harmful effects on children’s mental and physical welfare.
The
OAG will continue to enforce the laws duly enacted by the Texas
Legislature and uphold the values of the people of Texas by doing
everything in its power to protect children from damaging “gender
transition” interventions.
