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America’s children deserve the freedom to be their authentic selves. Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a non-binding legal opinion deeming pediatric gender-affirming [...]

We're so proud to share that our Deputy Director, Laura Guerra-Cardus, has won this year's Families USA Health Justice Advocate of the Year Award. In [...]

For immediate release: Friday, September 17, 2021 Contact: Cindy Ji, cji@childrensdefense.org, (973) 229-8429 Today leaders on race and health equity across the nation called on [...]

Today the Texas House passed Senate Bill 3 (SB3), the school censorship bill, furthering the Governor’s attack on Texas youth. It now heads back to [...]

This afternoon, the Texas House passed Senate Bill 1 (SB1), the voter suppression bill, moving the Governor’s anti-democracy agenda one step closer to reality. Despite [...]

My name is Maggie Stern and I am the Youth Civic Education & Engagement Coordinator with the Children’s Defense Fund of Texas. We oppose HB [...]

The Texas Senate passed SB 3, their civic censorship bill, in their ongoing effort to attack youth of color & our democracy. Our schools are [...]

  Good afternoon. My name is Maggie Stern and I am here to testify against SB 3 on behalf of myself and as [...]

  The Texas office of the Children’s Defense Fund is grateful to Texas House Democrats broke quorum to halt consideration of voter suppression measures being [...]