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Texas: Performing Transgender Surgery On Children Is Child Abuse

Tim Pearce
Texas: Performing Transgender Surgery On Children Is Child Abuse
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared Wednesday that putting children through transgender surgery is abuse.

Abbott’s declaration came on the heels of a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) finding that performing or forcing transgender surgery on children is a form of child abuse. Abbott asked the DFPS to look into the topic last week.

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