Governor sued for law concealing child sex-change surgeries from parents.
Washington Governor Sued Over Law Allowing Hidden Child Sex-Change Surgeries
In a bold move, nonprofit legal group American First Legal, led by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, has filed a lawsuit against Washington Democratic Governor Jay Inslee. The lawsuit aims to stop the enforcement of a controversial law that allows the state to hide child sex-change surgeries from parents.
The law in question, Senate Bill 5599, was recently signed into law by Inslee and has sparked significant controversy. It was pushed by leftist lawmakers as a means of protecting trans-identifying youth. However, it allows “host homes” to keep parents uninformed about their child’s sex-change procedure. This has raised concerns about the potential for minors to run away from home to seek gender-affirming care without their parents’ knowledge.
According to American First Legal, the legislation “creates a dangerous incentive for minors who disagree with their parents on ‘gender-affirming care’ to run away to a shelter or host home.”
/1🚨BREAKING — we sued the governor of Washington @GovInslee to block enforcement of a new “state-sanctioned kidnapping” bill that allows the state to hide kids from their parents to perform “gender transitions” – including disfiguring drugs and mutilating surgeries.
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— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) August 16, 2023
Under the new law, shelters or “host homes” are not required to inform parents if a runaway child claims to be fleeing due to disapproval of a sex-change procedure or an abortion. Instead, they are obligated to notify the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families. This has raised concerns about the potential for parental rights to be undermined.
The legislation also includes abortion as a “compelling reason” for licensed shelters and host homes not to inform parents if a runaway child is seeking such a procedure. The bill easily passed through the Democrat-controlled legislature, with the Senate voting 29-20 and the House voting 57-39 in favor. It was sponsored by state Sen. Marko Liias, a Democrat and co-chair of the LGBTQ caucus.
When signing the bill, Governor Inslee described it as a “compassionate, developmentally appropriate, and reasoned approach to support these youth as they access gender-affirming treatment and reproductive health care services.”
The lawsuit also targets Washington Attorney General Robert Furguson and the secretary of the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Ross Hunter. American First Legal argues that the new statute “deprives certain parents of their fundamental rights under the United States Constitution to direct the care and upbringing of their children.”
“America First Legal is proud to defend parental rights and stand up against the insidious ‘gender-affirming care’ agenda, which promotes using experimental medical procedures and drugs on minor children – potentially altering their lives forever,” said Stephen Miller.
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.
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