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That should be the message to voters
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p0rtia wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:58 pm How Many Texas REpublicans.jpg
Too true. :mad:
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Volkonski wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 6:27 pm
p0rtia wrote: Sun Aug 14, 2022 5:58 pm How Many Texas REpublicans.jpg
Too true. :mad:
I told that one to the wife and she asked what the joke was. :lol:
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That's just cold.
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raison de arizona wrote: Mon Aug 29, 2022 8:21 pm That's just cold.
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Mom says trans eighth-grader was questioned by Texas officials at school
A declaration recounting the incident was filed as part of an ongoing lawsuit by LGBTQ legal advocates

On the morning of Aug. 30, a 13-year-old transgender boy was pulled out of class by his school’s administrators, his mother says. While his classmates continued their studies, he sat in a conference room at a Texas middle school where a Department of Family and Protective Services investigator began asking personal questions, court records state.

The reason: The state agency was probing his family following a February directive from Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to investigate the use of gender-affirming care in minors as child abuse, according to court documents.

The nearly hour-long interview touched on a range of personal topics — from the teen’s medical history to his gender dysphoria diagnosis to his suicide attempt years back, court records state. The interrogation left the boy — identified under the pseudonym Steve Koe — shaking and distressed, according to a signed declaration from his mother, named as Carol Koe.

The document, obtained by The Washington Post, is part of a cache of supplemental evidence filed late Wednesday as part of an ongoing lawsuit by LGBTQ advocates seeking to block investigations into families providing gender-affirming care to their transgender children.
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How can they even legally ask about his medical history without running afoul of HIPAA?
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sugar magnolia wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:41 pm How can they even legally ask about his medical history without running afoul of HIPAA?
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pipistrelle wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:43 pm
sugar magnolia wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:41 pm How can they even legally ask about his medical history without running afoul of HIPAA?
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IANAL, but in my recollection HIPAA protects against them asking his DOCTOR about his medical history, they can ask him all they want. He should tell them where to stick it though, he doesn't have to answer. But one can hardly expect a 13yo pulled out of class cornered alone to stand up to the Texas LGBT Enforcers. Which is bullshit.
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raison de arizona wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:50 pm
pipistrelle wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:43 pm
sugar magnolia wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:41 pm How can they even legally ask about his medical history without running afoul of HIPAA?
:yeahthat:
IANAL, but in my recollection HIPAA protects against them asking his DOCTOR about his medical history, they can ask him all they want. He should tell them where to stick it though, he doesn't have to answer. But one can hardly expect a 13yo pulled out of class cornered alone to stand up to the Texas LGBT Enforcers. Which is bullshit.
It sounds to me like they had to have some sort of access to his medical records at some point to even know which questions to ask, like his diagnosis and past suicide attempts. A fine line, but a line nonetheless.
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30 schools on lockdown?!? Pat Benatar said that love is a battlefield, but she ain't never been to Texas! Texas, you OK?
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This is so despicable. Is there no way to stop him?
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Kriselda Gray wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:56 pm This is so despicable. Is there no way to stop him?
Vote him out. Go Beto!

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Kriselda Gray wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:56 pm This is so despicable. Is there no way to stop him?
Is he actually arresting or detaining these people or just luring them to take part?
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Ben-Prime wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 1:26 pm
Kriselda Gray wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:56 pm This is so despicable. Is there no way to stop him?
Is he actually arresting or detaining these people or just luring them to take part?
They reportedly have them sign waivers prior to boarding the buses or planes. So...luring with sweet promises.
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raison de arizona wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:50 pm
pipistrelle wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:43 pm
sugar magnolia wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 2:41 pm How can they even legally ask about his medical history without running afoul of HIPAA?
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IANAL, but in my recollection HIPAA protects against them asking his DOCTOR about his medical history, they can ask him all they want. He should tell them where to stick it though, he doesn't have to answer. But one can hardly expect a 13yo pulled out of class cornered alone to stand up to the Texas LGBT Enforcers. Which is bullshit.

That's my IANAL understanding of HIPAA, as well. Remember, a few months ago, someone asked Emptygee if she had been vaccinated? She went a little ballistic and accused the reporter of violating her HIPAA rights? It was pointed out then that SHE could answer the question.

But, isn't it true in most states that minors can not be questioned in a criminal investigation, without a parent or lawyer present?

But then, this is Texas, we're talking about.
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raison de arizona wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:20 pm

Yabbut, don't the R's want to outlaw Plan B pills?
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noblepa wrote: Thu Sep 15, 2022 1:43 pm
raison de arizona wrote: Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:20 pm

Yabbut, don't the R's want to outlaw Plan B pills?
they want to outlaw women
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Well, free women anyway. They want to keep some around for sexing and housework.
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