In a move that sets up a state-level battle, the Austin City Council voted on Thursday to become a sanctuary city for "gender-affirming care" for minors. The resolution proclaimed that state laws banning "gender-affirming care" for children will not be enforced. 

That came after emotional testimony from detransitioners explaining how damaging it is to mutilate children in the name of transgender ideology. The council wasn't phased, instead choosing to protect sex change surgeries, hormone regiments, and puberty blockers for kids, all of which permanently harm, in the name of "transitioning."

BREAKING: Austin City Council just voted to become a sanctuary city for "gender-affirming" care for minors.

S*x change surgeries, puberty blockers, and cross-s*x hormones are extremely harmful to kids. One detransitioner gave this powerful testimony.

It's illegal to perform… pic.twitter.com/rUjgpOTx5K

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 3, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — The Austin City Council on Thursday approved a resolution declining enforcement of the state’s laws banning physicians from providing gender-affirming surgeries and medications to minors — the first city in the state to do so.  

The resolution’s lead sponsor, Councilmember José “Chito” Vela, said that he hopes his office’s “transgender protection resolution” will offer some comfort to the transgender and non-binary community in Austin. 

That this continues to even be an argument is astonishing, and it's truly a testament to how far society has fallen. European countries are going in the opposite direction after decades of entertaining these harmful "treatments," restricting them for kids. Meanwhile, American politicians, backed by the transgender lobby and a self-serving medical establishment, are charging full steam ahead. 

There is a profit motive at play and an ideological one. Some cynical doctors see this as a new cash cow while members of the transgender movement see it as an affirmation of their own delusions. Stuck being used as pawns are innocent children, of which most would grow out of their confusion if their bodies were permanently altered in the process.

AG Ken Paxton, who helped pass the state law banning "gender-affirming care" for minors, went off in response to the resolution. 

If the City of Austin refuses to follow the law and protect children, my office will consider every possible response to ensure compliance. Texas municipalities do not have the authority to pick and choose which state laws they will or will not abide by. The people of Texas have… https://t.co/cvjrXo74ia

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) May 2, 2024

The post continues: "The people of Texas have spoken, and Austin City Council must listen."

If there's anyone who will follow through on such a threat, it's Paxton. The Austin City Council is now on notice. They can back down and enforce state law as they are required to do, or they can face the consequences. Somehow, I doubt the city's police force is going to be too keen on becoming legal martyrs for its far-left leadership. Further, the state itself has resources to go after those who break the law directly. Paxton will undoubtedly make use of them if necessary.

Children must be protected. If the government can't do that, then it has no point in existing.