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http://lambdalegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/texas_state_flag-jpg-scaled.jpg25601877Today, the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, upheld injunctions in two related cases against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and Commissioner Masters, barring them from implementing the agency’s rule expanding the definition of child abuse to presumptively treat the provision of gender-affirming care as child abuse. The injunctions bar DFPS...