From NationalReview.com…
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) on Wednesday confirmed that gender-transition surgery on children constitutes child abuse, days after Governor Greg Abbott asked the department to issue a determination.
“Genital mutilation of a child through reassignment surgery is child abuse,” Commissioner Jaime Masters wrote in a letter to Abbott. “This surgical procedure physically alters a child’s genitalia for non-medical purposes potentially inflicting irreversible harm to children’s bodies.”
Masters cited Section 261 of the Texas Family Code that prohibits parents from imposing substantial physical harm onto their children.
The commissioner added that anyone who believes a child has undergone gender-transition surgery must report it to the DFPS and that all allegations involving the procedure on minors will be taken seriously and investigated.
