Texas governor fills special session agenda full of conservative "wish-list" items, including trans sports ban - Metro Weekly

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : In retaliation, Abbott vetoed state funding for the legislature, its staff members and support agencies.
42% : Former State Sen. Don Huffines (R-Dallas), one of two Republicans challenging Abbott in next year's gubernatorial primary, criticized Abbott for failing to push border security measures and for not including a bill -- proposed earlier this year -- to prohibit transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care, which would have declared parents who consent to such treatments as child abusers and put them at risk of having their children removed from their custody and placed in foster care.

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