Texas determines sexual reassignment surgery for children is ‘child abuse’
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services announced Wednesday that sexual reassignment surgery for children is "child abuse."
"Genital mutilation of a child through reassignment surgery is child abuse," Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Jaime Masters said in a press release. "This surgical procedure physically alters a child's genitalia for nonmedical purposes potentially inflicting irreversible harm to children's bodies."
Masters's determination and its enforcement would be "effective immediately," [Governor Greg] Abbott said Thursday.