An Illinois Democrat is pushing for a bill that would amend the definition of child abuse to make it a crime for parents to prevent their children from undergoing irreversible sex-change procedures.
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The bill, proposed by Illinois State Rep. Anne Stava-Murray (D-81st District), also classifies as child abuse the refusal by parents to procure an abortion for a child if the child desires one.
Under the proposed law (HB 4876), it would be considered child abuse if anyone “denies the child access to necessary medical care, including, but not limited to, primary care services, abortion services, or gender-affirming services.”
If Rep. Stava-Murray’s bill passes, parents would face over a decade in prison if they try to prevent their children from permanently mutilating their genitals, or if they object to a child procuring an abortion on moral grounds. In Illinois, child abuse charges can carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison, and fines of up to $25,000.
The bill also removes any criminal penalties from doctors who preform abortions, or transgender surgeries, on minors who do not have parental consent.
The summary of HB 4876 states: “[The Bill] provides that a health care professional rendering abortion services and gender-affirming services shall not incur civil or criminal liability for failure to obtain valid consent or professional discipline for failure to obtain valid consent if the health care professional relied in good faith on representations made by the minor.”
In other words, healthcare providers will be able to perform permanent, life-altering procedures for minors with no fear of repercussions, as long as they can claim that the child told them they had parental consent.
Not only does the bill remove the parents’ right to have a say in their child’s medical decisions, but it also seeks to institute criminal penalties for parents who disagree with their children’s wishes.
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The Illinois bill brings the state to the forefront of the current legislative battle going on throughout the country between adherents to transgender ideology and parental rights.
Ohio recently banned transgender procedures for minors entirely, against the objections of transgender activists.
In Maine, a refusal to embrace so-called “gender affirming” care has already been used as the grounds to investigate parents for allegations of child abuse.
In Dec. 2022, two Damariscotta mothers were investigated by Maine’s child welfare agency, based on anonymous tips, after they complained about a 26-year-old social worker who had secretly counseled a 13-year-old girl into a social gender transition.
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“The bill also removes any criminal penalties from doctors who preform abortions, or transgender surgeries, on minors who do not have parental consent.” How sick and disgraceful is that?!
There is an upside to this – if these gender bending kids are allowed to undergo surgery they will not be able to reproduce thus ending the bloodline and stupidity their parents allowed. Fewer democrats to vote the wrong way in the long run so I’d encourage them to get to the surgery clinic all that much quicker.
The stupid that shines forth from her face is blinding