Texas Agency Rules Gender-Confirming Surgery Form Of Child Abuse
A Texas agency has ruled that the genital mutilation of a child for purposes of gender confirmation, a surgery almost never performed on minors, should be considered child abuse.
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A Texas agency has ruled that the genital mutilation of a child for purposes of gender confirmation, a surgery almost never performed on minors, should be considered child abuse.
"Subjecting a child to genital mutilation through reassignment surgery creates a 'genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child,'" Gov. Abbott said in a letter.
Brooke Baker Chadwick is charged with first-degree felony injury to a child with intent of serious bodily injury.
A year ago, as the pandemic forced already fragile families into isolation, advocates noticed a sharp drop in reports, but warned that the situation was nothing to celebrate.
Under Operation Hercules, investigators also seized electronic devices used by the suspects that will be forensically examined by the Child Exploitation Unit for evidence.
Convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child under six, Milvio Salguero-Gonzalez had access to the child through a relationship with the her family.
Just like businesses, non-profits have also been struggling amid the pandemic. But the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center is finding hope in an unusual place… longhorns in couture.
It was 25 years ago Wednesday when Amber Hagerman was kidnapped in Arlington. With the crime still unsolved the Arlington Police Department looked to renew the public's interest surrounding her abduction and subsequent murder
Michael Don Billups, 56, pleaded guilty in January to interstate transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.
The two counts La Rosa-Lopez pleaded guilty to arise from allegations made against him while he was a priest at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Conroe, located just north of Houston.
"I think this year stands out more than ever," Dallas Children's Advocacy Center Director of Support Services Mindy Jackson said.
Officials say one child witnessed their sibling being sexually assaulted by a predator and that young person's bravery in reporting what they saw has resulted in a more than half-century prison sentence for a now convicted Texas man.
Odessa Police arrested a man and woman in connection with the death of 8-year-old Jaylin in late August. The pair, charged with capital murder, were the child's guardians.
Child advocacy groups are bracing themselves for a spike in the number of children experiencing abuse given the isolation of quarantine.
Adam Rene Rodriguez was found guilty by a jury on Oct. 18, 2019, of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and was sentenced to 17 and a half years in federal prison.
On the CBSDFW Facebook page viewers have shared their thoughts. The word people keep using is "hero."
Juan Vaquero said he knew the boy wasn't treated nicely, but had never witnessed any physical abuse, until he discovered he was locked in a shed.
Child advocates are sounding an alarm as concerns grow about an unprecedented drop in child abuse reports.
The child told child abuse detectives during a forensic interview, whenever his grandmother left the home, she put him in the shed, tied him up and told him he was bad.
Officers told the grandmother to open the shed or they would break down the door. She opened it and police found the boy.
A 40-year-old man was arrested after police say he threw a 9-month-old baby off a second-floor balcony.
As the coronavirus forces already vulnerable families into isolation, experts fear that abuse is flourishing.
A North Texas pediatric hospital has reported its third death from "severe abuse" in less than a month as it has seen a spike in these types of cases during the coronavirus pandemic.
A North Texas pediatric hospital says two of its patients have died due to "severe abuse" that doctors believe may be linked to coronavirus-related stress.
Doctors at Cook Children's believe the stresses from the COVID-19 pandemic are linked to six cases of severe child abuse seen this week.
