{"id":1459274,"date":"2024-02-25T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1459274"},"modified":"2024-02-25T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T04:40:00","slug":"illinois-bill-wants-make-it-child-abuse-for-parents-to-object-to-gender-transitioning-of-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/illinois-bill-wants-make-it-child-abuse-for-parents-to-object-to-gender-transitioning-of-kids\/1459274\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Bill Wants Make It &#8220;Child Abuse&#8221; For Parents To Object To Gender-Transitioning Of Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Illinois Bill Wants Make It &#8220;Child Abuse&#8221; For Parents To Object To Gender-Transitioning Of Kids<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2024\/02\/23\/illinois-bill-wants-make-it-child-abuse-for-parents-to-object-to-gender-transitioning-of-kids\"><em>Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A bill introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives would legally define it as \u2018child abuse\u2019 for parents to object to gender transitioning of their children by way of puberty blocking, cross sex hormones or surgery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/delia-giandeini-Q8urQ8ow7CU-unsp.jpg?itok=qQx303a_\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The legislation, Bill 4876,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/IL\/bill\/HB4876\/2023\">introduced<\/a>\u00a0earlier this month, would also protect doctors from liability should they decide to prescribe those treatments to children who have not gotten parental consent.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation would also allow for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to take children away from their parents for opposing such procedures.<\/p>\n<p>THOUGHTS? A bill introduced in the Illinois House this month would update the state\u2019s definition of \u201cabused child\u201d to include a minor who has been denied \u201cgender-affirming services.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UPsFzvZKkQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/UPsFzvZKkQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The National Desk (@TND) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TND\/status\/1760790270751207642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The legislation also allows for minors to be afforded the same legal status as adults when it comes to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>The text of the bill states \u201cconsent to the performance of abortion services and gender-affirming services executed by a minor is not voidable because of such minority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It further notes that \u201ca 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State of Illinois wants to change the term of \u201cabused child\u201d to mean any child whose parents won\u2019t agree to a sex change.<\/p>\n<p>Parental consent for puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries will not be needed!<\/p>\n<p>And get this. Doctors \u201cshall not incur civil or criminal\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HpJOyWCfpU\">pic.twitter.com\/HpJOyWCfpU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billboard Chris \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@BillboardChris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillboardChris\/status\/1759985026882777161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Activist group Awake Illinois has launched a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awakeil.com\/fight\">campaign\u00a0<\/a>against the legislation, dubbing it \u201canti-parent\u201d and \u201canti-child.\u201d Founder Shannon Adcock\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/article_f3957638-cb84-11ee-9f0e-c79ea099b4d9.html\">urged<\/a>\u00a0action against the \u201cincredibly radical\u201d bill, noting \u201cIn Illinois, parents who are considered child abusers can lose custody of their children if in this case they do not affirm transgender drugs, surgical procedures such as penis and breast removal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cIf a minor opts for this, and you as a parent deny that, that means that you are considered an abuser of a child,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Adcock further warned.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum punishment for \u2018child abuse\u2019 in Illinois is $25,000 in fines and 15 years\u00a0in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast this week, Dr. Phil (McGraw)\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaldesk.com\/news\/americas-news-now\/dr-phil-blasts-child-gender-surgeries-on-joe-rogan-social-contagion-mcgraw-television-daytime-doctor-do-no-harm-trans-transgender-lgbtq-lgbt-gay-lesbian-sex-affirming-care-joe-rogan-experience-minors-oprah-winfrey#\">slammed<\/a>\u00a0gender surgeries on children, pointing to a dearth of long-term studies.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cAll the major medical associations have signed off on this, Joe,\u201d <\/strong>McGraw said, adding<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cI have never seen those organisations sign off on anything with less information as to whether or not it does long-term harm of anything in my life. And when I ask about that, when I bring that up, then they immediately label you as transphobic.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8NEW: Joe Rogan and Dr. Phil discuss the American medical system&#8217;s endorsement of hormonal therapy and sexual reassignment surgery for children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought the deal was first do no harm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They choose words like &#8216;gender-affirming care,&#8217; but really what they&#8217;re talking about is\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tatUap16WR\">pic.twitter.com\/tatUap16WR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KanekoaTheGreat\/status\/1760025164677558690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2024<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p><em>Your support is crucial in helping us defeat mass censorship. 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Follow us on X\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/modernitynews\">@ModernityNews<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sun, 02\/25\/2024 &#8211; 18:40<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/illinois-bill-wants-make-it-child-abuse-parents-object-gender-transitioning-kids\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Bill Wants Make It &#8220;Child Abuse&#8221; For Parents To Object To Gender-Transitioning Of Kids Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A bill introduced in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1459274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbimBl-67CG","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}