{"id":263140,"date":"2023-01-03T08:19:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T08:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=263140"},"modified":"2023-01-04T12:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T12:57:46","slug":"as-states-ban-parents-from-resisting-their-kids-going-transgender-will-congress-step-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=263140","title":{"rendered":"As States Ban Parents From Resisting Their Kids Going Transgender, Will Congress Step Up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virginia Foxx \u2013 The Federalist Jan 2, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Attacks on parents are getting closer to home. From a woke education establishment to increasingly activist child protection agencies, parents are losing the right to decide how to raise their children. My new legislation, the Parental Right to Protect Act<\/a>, will ensure parents aren\u2019t expelled from their child\u2019s life because they disagree with the left\u2019s radical ideas on sex.<\/p>\n

More medical facilities are offering life-altering, non-reversible medical interventions for adolescents who believe they were born the wrong sex. Many parents are against these experimental surgeries and hormonal interventions because they know these treatments will cause irreparable physical and emotional harm to their children.<\/p>\n

Take Chloe Cole, for example, who at age 13 began taking puberty blockers. At age 15, she had a double mastectomy. And at age 16, she made the decision to stop these interventions and instead affirm her sex. Earlier this year, Chloe launched<\/a> an organization<\/a> alongside others who regret having received so-called \u201cgender-affirming care.\u201d This organization now works to warn others about the harms caused by such medical interventions.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no wonder countries such as the United Kingdom<\/a> and Sweden<\/a> have recently suspended their use of this experimental approach on children, recognizing its inherent risks. Too bad the Biden administration isn\u2019t following suit.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Biden administration and congressional Democrats are hell-bent on pushing a radical agenda in schools and in the home that is often squarely opposed to parents. Just this week, NBC news reported<\/a> that the \u201cEducation Department has opened what appears to be the first-of-its-kind investigation into Granbury Independent School District after it pulled library books dealing with sexuality and gender.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parents Shut Out<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Schools across the country are pushing children\u2019s books and curricula in the classroom to normalize transgender ideology. When parents ask for access to school curricula many are stonewalled. One Rhode Island mom was billed<\/a> $74,000 after filing a Freedom of Information Act request to gain access to her daughter\u2019s school curriculum.<\/p>\n

School boards nationwide have used various tactics for silencing parents, such as barring<\/a> or restricting parents from participating in public meetings. One school board in Pennsylvania is now being sued<\/a> for a pattern of trampling the First Amendment rights of parents, which includes cutting<\/a> parents off in the middle of a sentence, yelling over them during their allocated time to speak, and deleting the remarks of parents it disagrees with from the official record and video recording.<\/p>\n

Parents who do not support transgender medical interventions are sometimes kept in the dark by the education bureaucracy. An Ohio school district told<\/a> teachers they did not have to inform parents if a student began transitioning at school, and one Florida school district kept \u201cgender transition\u201d counseling of a 12-year-old girl secret from her parents until she attempted suicide \u2014 twice.<\/p>\n

CPS Going After Parents<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If dealing with these issues at school wasn\u2019t bad enough, now child protective services (CPS) are going after parents. In Indiana, a court recently upheld<\/a> the removal of a child from parental custody after a CPS investigation alleged the parents were \u201cverbally and emotionally abusing\u201d the child when they would not use the child\u2019s preferred pronouns or otherwise affirm the child\u2019s desire to begin transgender medical interventions.<\/p>\n

In California, Abigail Martinez lost custody<\/a> of her daughter and a court permitted only one hour of visitation each week because Martinez did not want her daughter to begin transgender medical interventions. Tragically, her daughter took her own life after changing her name and taking cross-sex hormones. These parents are being separated from their minor children for simply protecting them from procedures known to be harmful.<\/p>\n

CA Law Jeopardizes Parental Rights Nationwide<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Things will likely get worse for parents. In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 107 into law, jeopardizing<\/a> the rights of parents in and out of California. SB 107 allows minors anywhere in the United States to run away from their parents to get transgender surgery in California \u2014 and their parents can be barred from intervening.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt SB 107 will be used as a weapon against parents. This law robs parents of their rights and gives the state of California unprecedented power over a child\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

The utter disrespect for parental rights is becoming a tragic cultural norm in America. And it is harming children.<\/p>\n

Legislation to Protect Parental Rights<\/strong><\/h2>\n

That\u2019s why I introduced the Parental Right to Protect Act<\/a>. This bill defends parental rights by ensuring CPS does not penalize parents for protecting their children from transgender surgery and hormones.<\/p>\n

Parents should be able to make medical decisions for their children without fear of the government taking their children away. Allowing California to become the nation\u2019s arbiter of parental rights would be a fatal mistake. We must stand up to the radical left and allow parents to protect their children \u2014 whether that be at school or at home.<\/p>\n

Rep. Virginia Foxx serves North Carolina’s 5th congressional district.<\/em><\/p>\n

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