The Maine Judiciary Committee faced intense scrutiny today as it postponed a Work Session on a controversial bill that would block cops from reuniting children from out-of-state with their parents if they had been brought to Maine to receive sex change drugs or surgeries.
LD 1735, titled “An Act to Safeguard Gender-affirming Health Care,” was introduced by Rep. Laurie Osher (D-Orono).
Osher told the Maine Wire last year she was inspired to introduce the bill after talking with transgender activists who had gotten a similar measure passed in California.
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This controversial bill, which has sparked heated debate, aims to prevent the enforcement of laws from other states if a child has been brought to Maine to receive sex change drugs or surgeries.
LD 1735, if passed, would grant Maine temporary emergency jurisdiction over minors from other states who are unable to access gender-affirming health care due to parental or guardian opposition. This includes a range of procedures from the use of breast binders to irreversible drugs and surgeries like mastectomies and castration.
Rep. David Haggan (R-Hampden), a school teacher, expressed vehement opposition to the bill.
“This bill authorizes the kidnapping and massacring of children from other states without parental consent,” Haggan said.
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He urged for an immediate rejection of the bill, emphasizing the need for a “compassionate stand in favor of our children’s physical and mental health.”
Rep. Katrina Smith (R-Palermo) joined in the criticism, voicing her alarm over the bill’s implications.
“The state should never place itself above a loving parent and irreparably destroy the reproductive health of a minor child,” Smith said.
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Smith also highlighted concerns about the long-term physical and emotional effects of gender transitioning on children.
Although adherents to transgender ideology believe that sex changes drugs and surgeries almost always result in positive healthcare outcomes for patients, several European countries have begun backing away from pharmaceutical and surgical interventions for patients suffering gender dysphoria.
In the United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and France, health officials have said the quality of scientific evidence supporting sex change drugs and surgeries for minors is low, especially for young children and adolescents.
The shift in the medical communities’ thinking around so-called “gender affirming care” has yet to translate into policy outcomes in Maine, which last year expanded access to sex change procedures for minors. Under Maine’s Medicaid program, known as MaineCare, sex changes procedures, even for Mainers, can be paid for a taxpayer expense.
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The committee’s decision to delay further discussion on the bill until Jan. 25 comes after Rep. Haggan’s motion to expedite and dismiss the bill ended in a 5-5 tie amongst committee members.
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I think back to when I was a child and the most important thing was FITTING IN. The “adults” who are behind this movement to change vulnerable children know EXACTLY what they are doing. They should be condemned for pushing this cult-like ideology, because that is what it is: an IDEOLOGY. How many of these kids are pushed into destroying their bodies, suffering lifelong complications when (& IF!) they reach adulthood? ALL of them!! This whole scene is being directed & funded by people interested in big money and NEEDS to STOP!
WAKE UP, AMERICA!! For whatever you do to the least of these….
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Time for Rep Laurie Osher to have a sit down with Chloe Cole !
The bill should not pass, authorities should always return children to their parents absent a court order to do otherwise. Parents are legally and morally responsible for their children, far left extremists in the schools are not, they are only interested in their agenda. When you consider the incredible harm that “gender affirming care” does to kids only a mentally competent parent should be able to make this decision.
“Gender affirming” teachers should be removed from all school systems immediately, no exceptions it’s not their place to do any of this. They are there to educate, not screw with kids heads about sexuality! This bill is an example of legislators that don’t belong in politics and I suspect that the majority of citizens agree that this is not what our state legislators are there for. Time to clean out the pond scum!
This is exactly why I resigned in November. I am sick to my stomach to think of the horrific life altering damage this bill will cause if passed. I wrote my letter to members on this judiciary committee voicing my concern. I am feeling defeated at this point and have come to realize their selfish agendas are more important to them above anything else. Disgusting.
Once again, the government knows more about one’s child needs than the parents. We’ve seen how well this state/DHHS has taken care of our children. Who does the mental and medical follow up care? Certainly, we cannot trust the parents’ ability to do that. Outrageous!
How about arresting politicians who are facilitating illegal activities?
Rep. Laurie Osher (D-Orono) needs to see a psychiatrist ASAP becasue any kid who THINKS their a gender is different than who they are have a mental health condition.
Its hard for me to grasp that there would be a split vote on this measure, but go figure, its the way everything is today in politics. Split down the middle between mandating control over our lives and protecting our soverign rights as citizens and parents. We will all pay a dear price in the future for the ideology they permeate on the unaware for there own self indulgent purposes. I am ashamed as a liflong Mainer that this is the direction that many our leaders would take us. There are laws designed to protect from child endangerment; all those that advocate for policies that do such potential harm to children, before they are old enough to understand the ramifications, should be held accountable; politician, parent, or anyone in a position of authority over those children..
If we had male adults who didn’t become feminized and instead of using logic and reason to stop the trans agenda, maybe this is how we should respond to sick people such as Osher (minus the F bombs)?
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This bill is yet another manifestation of the sickness permeating our society and the Maine Legislature.
Laurie Osher is evil. Is there anything else that needs to be said?
Why is it that a small group of people or one think they know what best for a young person by destroying their lives forever look this person in their eye and say did you have this problem when you was growing up after you see that the or she adults seem to be normal so keep your children mutilation ideas out to sea where it’s belong and ask when the child find out that they are half way between a boy and girl and depression become part of their life and askdo they know what that child going through now if you ask for my opinion I would say hands off any child and let them grow up
Haha trans people are going to move to Maine and you dumb bigots are going to have to deal with it or move somewhere else.
Bill LD 227 has been introduced as a carbon copy of bill LD 1735. Please contact your representative and ask why or why not, do they support LD 227? I have sent many emails to my representative L. Gramlich over the past couple years with zero response.