Juvenile offenders are more impressionable than adult offenders and have longer lives ahead of them. This raises the stakes for dealing with delinquent youth, as the success and failure of policies have a far-reaching effect on future public safety and taxpayer costs. Sentencing youth to ineffective, inappropriate programs and facilities could place a one-time nonviolent offender on a path of wrongdoing.
Do No Harm: Children And The Transgender Movement
Due to the lack of conclusive evidence supporting the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to help children overcome gender dysphoria as well as their documented risks of harm and irreversible consequences, the state of Texas should prohibit medical professionals from providing them to children. Efforts to protect children from these procedures should be...