An advocacy and think tank organization has issued a travel advisory in California and Minnesota after lawmakers passed legislation to override out-of-state parental rights.
The American Principles Project (APP) is warning parents across the United States of the possibility of their parental rights being taken away as new laws in California and Minnesota move to give state family courts the power to obtaining temporary emergency jurisdiction over a minor entering the country. state access to sex reassignment drugs or surgical procedures, even if the minor is traveling from another state.
“Parents will do anything to protect our children. Losing your child and being powerless to prevent the harm that comes to them can be any parent’s worst nightmare. out – losing custody of their children in an industry that aims to sterilize and mutilate their bodies,” said APP President Terry Schilling in a statement. “It is frightening, and infuriating, to think that such anti-family policies have taken hold here in the United States.”
“It is frightening, and infuriating, to think that such anti-family policies have taken hold here in the United States.”
People gather in support of transgender youth during a rally at the Utah State Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
“While we’re seeing a lot of progress across the country in lawmakers fighting back against this agenda, we still have to be realistic about where things stand,” Schilling added.
In September, California lawmakers passed Senate Bill 107 establishing the state as a haven for transgender children and their families. The bill was introduced earlier this year by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat.
“California must stand with LGBTQ children and their familiesespecially when they are under attack across the country,” Wiener said in a statement. “Parents should not be separated from their children or criminalized for simply allowing them to be who they are.”
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In April, Minnesota lawmakers passed similar legislation that would establish the state as a “trans refuge” for children who seek transgender medical procedures but may be denied “gender-affirming care” in other states. .
In a party-line 68-62 vote, the Minnesota House passed HF 146, introduced by Rep. Leigh Finke of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Finke is the first transgender state legislator. The Minnesota Senate passed the law by a vote of 34-30 on Friday, April 21.
St. Paul, Minnesota. March 6, 2022. As attacks against transgender children are on the rise across the country, Minnesotans are holding a rally at the capitol to support trans children in Minnesota, Texas, and across the country. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Additional legislation is being considered in California, AB-957, which would require family courts to “strongly consider that verifying a minor’s gender identity is in the best interest of the child when a nonconsenting parent objects.” of a name and gender marker that will change to verify conformity with the identity of the minor.”
This bill would require the court to strictly consider that verifying the minor’s gender identity is in the child’s best interest when a non-consenting parent objects to a name and gender marker change to be verified. -an conformity to the identity of the minor.
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Schilling urged parents to be informed and organize, warning that, “the left is aiming to create the same policies at the federal level and in all 50 states.”
“The left is aiming to create similar policies at the federal level and in all 50 states. The only way to stop them is to make sure more Americans know about their plans and to defeat them. election,” Schilling told Fox News Digital. “The good news is that most voters are against the left’s anti-family agenda, but parents must continue to make their presence felt in politics to ensure that anti-family forces do not ultimately succeed. .”
“The left aims to create the same policies at the federal level and in all 50 states.”
Schilling shared that there are lawmakers at the federal and state levels working to fight for parents’ rights.
“While more needs to be done, it’s good to see at least some lawmakers making an attempt to fight for parents,” Schilling said.
A photo of a Pride Progress flag, which incorporates the colors from the Transgender Pride Flag. (Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
In March, the Republican majority in Congress passed the Parents Bill of Rights which, among other things, moved to dictate that schools inform parents of transgender student policies in schools.
The legislation requires schools to notify parents if a school allows transgender students to participate in sports that do not match the gender a student was assigned at birth. Schools must also tell parents if transgender students are allowed to use bathrooms that do not match the gender assigned to a student at birth.
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Last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed several new bills into law, including a ban on transgender treatments for children and a law on the use of pronouns in schools.
One of the bills signed by DeSantis, SB 254, prohibits anyone under the age of 18 from having sex-reassignment surgery or taking prescription-based cross-sex hormones to treat gender dysphoria. The bill would also make permanent a state rule that prohibits Medicaid from paying for people of all ages undergoing the procedures.
“It would permanently ban the mutilation of minors. It would ban surgical procedures and experimental puberty blockers for minors,” he said before signing SB 254. “It would also require any adult who receive these operations informed about the irreversible nature and about the dangers of the procedures. This will give the courts temporary jurisdiction to intervene and stop the procedures for children outside the state.”
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Fox News’ Chris Pandolfo and Greg Norman contributed to this report.
