The Texas State Senate has passed Senate Bill 14, which aims to prohibit gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures and treatments for children through any public funds.

LPHS attorney David Coale says if the bill is signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, it’s likely to result in the federal government getting involved.

In a recent interview with Fox 4, Coale said, “Generally speaking, the challenges of this kind of law have involved the constitution's protection of equal protection. Everyone has to be treated equally. On the other hand, you have a federal judiciary that is well known in recent years for taking a very conservative history based let's not extend these protections too far.”

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