“A Travis County District Court had granted a temporary injunction last week that blocked implementation of the ban, but the Texas attorney general immediately appealed to the Texas Supreme Court, thereby staying the injunction,” the statement read. “The Texas Supreme Court did not provide any written explanation for allowing the law to remain in effect.”
Jonathan Covey, the director of policy for Texas Values, praised the Supreme Court’s decision in a statement. Texas Values worked with lawmakers to craft the legislation.
“Texas kids are safer today because of the Supreme Court ruling on [the legislation],” Covey said. “Protecting children from harmful and dangerous gender transition surgeries and puberty blockers is in the best interests of the child and something we all agree on.”
What does the law do?
Now that the law is in effect, doctors are prohibited from performing genital surgery on minors as a means to facilitate a gender transition. This prevents any sterilization procedures, such as surgeries that would remove the child’s genitals and replace them with prosthetic genitals that resemble those of the opposite sex.
The law also prohibits the removal of healthy breasts and any other nondiseased and healthy part of the body when meant to facilitate a gender transition.