Last week, Protecting Texas Children contacted over 900,000 constituents across various districts in Texas, asking that voters contact their representatives and demand action on some extremely important bills supported by PTC.  Thousands of Texans called and demanded action from their elected lawmakers on PTC’s policy agenda. This grassroots support is crucial if we want to […]

Last week, PTC President Vanessa Sivadge was invited to testify in the House Judiciary Committee in D.C. in a hearing titled, “Ending Lawfare Against Whistleblowers Who Protect Children.” Vanessa’s credentials as a nurse were challenged by the committee’s Ranking Member, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania Mary Scanlon. Scanlon said, “You don’t have a medical degree, correct? […]

Texas Representative Hillary Hickland filed House Bill 1549, the “Retail Decency Act,” which aims to prevent retailers from marketing sexually explicit or obscene materials to minors.  State Representative Angie Chen Button (R-Richardson) chairs the House Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development. A coalition of grassroots organizations and politicians interested in the protection of children […]

This session, the Texas Legislature has a critical opportunity to pass long-overdue reforms that would offer real hope to the detransitioner community—providing them a path to hold medical professionals accountable for harm caused during their youth. House Bill 1088 by State Representative Shelby Slawson proposes to extend the statute of limitations for health care liability […]

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, chaired by Congressman Jim Jordan, has invited Dr. Haim and the pediatric nurse who blew the whistle with him, PTC President Vanessa Sivadge, to testify in Washington, D.C.