{"id":332379,"date":"2025-06-05T06:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T11:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=332379"},"modified":"2025-06-04T08:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:19:47","slug":"texas-lawmakers-protect-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/texas-lawmakers-protect-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Texas lawmakers vote to protect children in the state? Let’s take a look."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 89th Texas State legislative session brought some wins for supporters of parents’ rights to protect their children from explicit materials in schools, but other bills that were expected to easily pass both houses failed to make it across the finish line.<\/span><\/p>\n

KEY TAKEAWAYS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • SB 12 and SB 13 passed<\/em>, in wins for protecting children.<\/strong> SB 12 contained a first-of-its-kind amendment banning the ‘gender-affirming’ “social transitioning” of children in schools, and SB 13 prevents children from accessing explicit material by holding state public schools to the FCC’s content decency standards.<\/li>\n
  • SB 1396 and HB 3225 failed to pass<\/em>, in losses for protecting children.<\/strong> SB 1396 would have disallowed national sex ed standards from groups like Planned Parenthood from being implemented in TX public schools, and HB 3225 would have protected children from explicit and pornographic material in public libraries statewide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    THE BACKSTORY:<\/b><\/h3>\n

    In 2023, the Texas legislature passed <\/span>SB 14<\/span><\/a>, which prohibited dangerous hormone drugs, puberty blockers, and life-altering “gender-affirming” medical procedures that may result in irreversible damage to minors. Live Action has shared many heartbreaking stories by <\/span>detransitioners who have testified to the blatant manipulation<\/span><\/a> by Planned Parenthood and similar \u2018clinics\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    However, this has not stopped the promotion of Planned Parenthood’s ideology from being pushed in Texas schools, library books, and other explicit materials, funded with taxpayer dollars, across the state. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Planned Parenthood claims to be a top provider of transgender hormones and continues to financially benefit<\/a> from the promotion of transgender ideology. <\/span><\/p>\n