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Texas Attorney General Sought State Data on Driver's License Gender Changes: Report
The office of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this summer sought data on how many people had changed the gender information on their driver’s license, according to a Washington Post report.
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Texas Supreme Court Ruling Allows Trans Youth Parent Investigations to Resume
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to resume investigations into parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family investigated following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Texas Loses Appeal Over Investigation of Trans Teen's Family
A Texas court on Wednesday tossed out the state’s appeal of an order preventing child welfare officials from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender-confirming care the youth received.
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Texas Hospital Stops Therapies After Gender-Confirming Care Order
The nation’s largest pediatric hospital has announced it has stopped gender-affirming therapies after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse.
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Judge Blocks Texas Investigation of Trans Teen's Parents
District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary order halting the investigation by the State into the parents of the 16-year-old girl.
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Texas AG Sues Facebook for Allegedly Collecting Facial-Recognition Data Without Consent
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the Facebook parent company of illegally collecting biometric data on users without their consent.
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Texas Attorney General Refuses to Hand Over Jan. 6 Records
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has rejected a prosecutor’s demand for records of his appearance at a pro-Donald Trump rally that preceded the assault on the U.S. Capitol a year ago
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Supreme Court Allows Lawsuit Challenging Texas Abortion Ban to Continue But Keeps Law in Effect for Now
The constitutional right to abortion enshrined in the Roe v. Wade decision is under attack in several cases considered by the Supreme Court this term.
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Justice Dept. Sues Texas Over ‘Restrictive Voting Procedures' in New Law
The DOJ says they’re suing Texas and the Texas Secretary of State over SB1, alleging it violates the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts.
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US Appeals Court Lets Texas Resume Ban on Most Abortions
A federal appeals court is temporarily allowing the nation’s toughest abortion law to resume in Texas
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DOJ Sues Texas, Says Abortion Law Was Enacted ‘In Open Defiance of the Constitution'
The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.”
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Restrictive Texas Abortion Law Takes Effect as Supreme Court Makes No Move to Block It
Petitioners say the restrictive Texas abortion law, which took effect Wednesday, would essentially overturn the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.
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Texas Deploys 2,500 Out-Of-State Medical Workers to Fight Covid as Younger Patients Crowd Hospitals
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state was bringing in 2,500 out-of-state medical personnel to relieve exhausted doctors and nurses.