NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said parents should be the "primary decision-makers" for their children's education & health care. But that doesn't include all parents – or all types of healthcare, his latest actions indicate. by @ngaudiano @thisisinsider businessinsider.com/abbott-texas-r…
The Republican governor, who faces a primary election Tuesday in his bid for a third term, wants state authorities to investigate parents for child abuse if their transgender children are receiving gender-affirming medical care.
Abbott's February directive came a month after he unveiled a "Parental Bill of Rights," which he said would amend the state Constitution to "restore parents as the primary decision-makers over their child's education and healthcare."
"For Greg Abbott, all parents are not created equal," James Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin, told Insider. "I think that's evident in those two positions."
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