After reading about a new law in Maine called the Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act, which effectively makes Maine a “sanctuary state” for minors seeking gender reassignment treatment, I have a simple question: I hugged you. If this becomes law, will anyone be saved from society? Will grooming organizations like The Trevor Project lure minors and traffic them to Maine to be castrated?
As if to confirm the worst nightmares of conservative parents everywhere, the lawyers told me this in no uncertain terms.
Two family litigators independently reviewed the text of the bill (LD1735). Supporters argue that the law simply protects transgender youth from “bigoted” restrictions on gender transition in red states.
But the two lawyers say adults could, in theory, traffic the deranged teens and extradite them to Maine for life-changing treatment without parental consent. I concluded.
This patriot activist also opposes it.
This is my testimony when I first heard this testimony last year. pic.twitter.com/U5SxVYfmgy— Heather (@mainlyfree76) January 23, 2024
Additionally, Maine Representative Katrina Smith said parents living outside of Maine have no legal right to prevent the state from deporting their children, and no recourse to bring them home. .
Smith told the Daily Caller that the sheriff's office is concerned about what this means for parents if they try to take their children home. “Law enforcement can't enforce orders sent from out of state. I talked to the sheriff about it. They were scared. They don't want to deal with this at all. “When something is brought into their office, they basically have to ignore it, and they don't have to deal with any warrants or processes to get children back from other states,'' Smith said. said.
New York State Licensed Family Lawyer Alexander Lonstein told the Daily Caller that the most alarming aspect of LD 1735 is that it deprives parents of parental rights not only from Maine residents but also from parents who do not live in the state and therefore are not under the state's jurisdiction. He said it was true. (Luke: The left's transgender hysteria is harming people in ways we could never imagine)
“This law imposes jurisdiction on Maine courts and requires them to adjudicate against non-Maine residents on matters that require Congressional action,” Lonstein said. Ta. “The way this law is written is so blatantly unconstitutional on its face that, as a lawyer, I find it disgusting that a duly elected member would even make such a proposal. This is a complete breach of faith in the Constitution. and undermine the fundamental principles of credit terms.”
“This is a political legal stunt at the state level, and it’s disgusting,” he continued. “Countries do not have extrajudicial powers that effectively grant sovereignty to non-residents because of their positions on hotly debated issues.As nations, we must ask ourselves what constitutes a real emergency. you have to ask yourself.”
“This is madness in my opinion,” Lonstein added.
Families across the country are uniting to repeal LD 1735, a transgender trafficking bill that affects parental rights in every state. pic.twitter.com/SUDhks4JGE
— Courage is a habit (@CourageHabit) January 23, 2024
Another glaring problem with the bill is that Maine officials redefine what they consider an emergency abuse situation to include parents who are not providing “gender-affirming medical care or gender-affirming mental health care.” It's about being there. The term “gender-affirming care” is a double term used by activists to obscure treatments that have lasting negative effects on children, such as cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries that remove healthy genitalia. It's a word.
Under the new law, if a parent doesn't agree to give their child these irreversible treatments as a treatment for a mental health crisis, Maine will classify that parent as an “abuse” parent who beats the child bloody every night. It will be considered “abuse”.
Smith told the Daily Caller that transgender activists don't want to hear evidence about sterilization and other barbaric “treatments” that leave children scarred and have life-altering complications. . Their goal is to promote a destructive ideology, no matter the cost. (Luke: If it's really a “right-wing conspiracy theory,” why do Democrats keep proving it's real?)
Joel Thornton, an attorney who is not a Maine attorney but is an advisor to Courage is a Habit, a group fighting LD 1735, said the bill is unconstitutional at the federal level.
“[Rather than list what is unconstitutional,] It would be easier to say what is constitutionally appropriate about this law,” Thornton told The Daily Caller in a statement. He added that the bill's language strips out-of-state parents of their legal rights by defining “a child who has been 'abandoned' in a manner that defies logic.”
🚨Help us stop this Child Transgender Trafficking Bill! #Maine #LD1735 Take action and share! @CourageHabit @AmericaMission_ 👉 https://t.co/FcE0WsIXjk pic.twitter.com/MRLSzNHZYf
— Jennifer McWilliams (@Jenn_McW) January 23, 2024
Alvin Louie, president of Courage is a Habit, told the Daily Caller that Maine lawmakers are emboldened to overstep their authority after seeing California's successful passage. He said he felt that way. SB-107, becoming the first state to become a so-called “sanctuary” for “transgender youth.” Louis said Maine is following the “California blueprint” by passing laws that attack parents' rights piecemeal, making it difficult for parents to fight back before it's too late.
“LD1735 The bill would allow Maine to accept minors from other states seeking transgender treatment, including breast shackling, penis entrapment, irreversible puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and amputation. be. This bill would allow states to remove these minors from their parents and make them wards of the state, with their treatment costs covered by state-funded programs.'' Courage is a Habit Website said.
After talking to Louis and Smith, Lonstein and Thornton Regarding LD1735, if this bill becomes law, Americans will realize that this bill is an evil adult trying to prey on the vulnerable children of others, just as Michelle Blair did in Virginia. It seems undeniable that it could be used to enable tragic testimony About the abuse her granddaughter suffered at the hands of such a predator.
Will Maine become the new Oregon?@bigsteve207 I participated @IngrahamAngle Last night to explain how the left is systematically destroying the nation. pic.twitter.com/VvDD8S7wCt
— TheMaineWire (@TheMaineWire) January 20, 2024
Prime Minister Blair told the Virginia House of Representatives that he adopted his granddaughter Sage after her father's death, after she was sent to six different foster homes. Her grandmother testified that Sage had mental health issues that only worsened after she enrolled in a local public high school.
At Sage's request, the school began transitioning her with male pronouns and a new name, “Draco,” without her grandmother's knowledge. The nightmare really began the night her grandmother found a bus pass named Draco instead of Sage. According to her grandmother's testimony, Sage was lured from her home in Virginia by third parties to Maryland and Washington, D.C., where they locked her in her room, drugged her, and infiltrated her with countless men. She was raped for several days.
Maryland authorities told Blair to come pick up Sage, but once she arrived in Maryland, it wasn't as easy as walking into the building and walking out with her granddaughter. Blair testified that Maryland forced her grandmother to attend court hearings where Sage was not physically present. She said the court brought Sage to trial via Zoom call. Her grandmother exclaimed, “I love you, Sage!” She said Sage replied, “I love you, Nana.” (Related article: 'Selling out our children': Democrats vote to support schools that keep gender changes secret from parents)
That's when the state's attorney reprimanded her, saying: His name is Draco,” according to her grandmother's testimony. Her judge allowed her grandmother to be taken back to Virginia on the condition that she be admitted to a psychiatric facility in recognition of her male identity. Blair said her granddaughter was pressured by a counselor at the facility to undergo a double mastectomy, but at this point Sage realized she was not having a boy and she refused the irreversible treatment. she said.
Blair said she asked her grandmother to buy clothes for the girls and hide them in her car to wear to visits. After a year in her facility, her lawyers were able to fight on their behalf in court, and Sage was finally able to return home to her grandmother.
Sage's nightmare shows that there is no need to assume that state laws that “protect” gender-confused children can actually be used by activists to harm them. That's already happening.
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐃 𝟏𝟕𝟑𝟓
“𝙜𝙝𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧-𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚”
When a young girl contracts the transgender social epidemic, they move her from pronouns to fertility drugs to surgery. pic.twitter.com/abXXfF3y5S
— Courage is a habit (@CourageHabit) January 22, 2024
All the experts who spoke with the caller said that the ambiguous language in LD1735 could cause a 12-year-old girl to be picked up by a third party from her home in a state like Florida and driven across multiple states to Maine. I agree that this situation is possible. and filed in a Maine court without her parents' approval.
If that wasn't shocking enough, if passed, LD1735 would require the state's court system to ignore authorities' attempts to return children to their homes, making Maine the only It will be necessary to determine the appropriate jurisdiction. According to Lonstein and Thornton, this is the case.
In a hypothetical case involving this pre-teen girl, this means that even if her parents were successful in asking the state to extradite their daughter to Florida, Maine authorities would ignore legal orders. That means it is necessary, the lawyers argued. Although the court cannot obtain custody of the child and only has jurisdiction over the case, Smith told the Daily Caller whether the parents were abusive by not providing “gender-affirming” treatment. He said the child will be placed in Maine's foster care system while the state makes a decision. .
Rep. Smith said that even though his colleagues are well aware of how unsafe Maine's foster care system is for vulnerable children, this bill would prevent parents from providing such gender reassignment treatment for their children. He said it was shocking to suggest that this could be considered abuse.
Maine child care system report A record 32 children died in state custody in 2021, and a further 48 children died in 2022-2023.
“Our state's foster care system is a complete mess,” Smith said. “Foster care is not a good place for these children. An alarming number of children have died in state care.”
He added that progressive activists see Maine as a “cheap place” where they don't have to spend much to pass legislation targeting vulnerable families. “If we spend $1 million here, we can pass this bill,” Smith said. “It would cost twice as much elsewhere. We're progressive activists' cheap dates.”
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐃 𝟏𝟕𝟑𝟓
“𝙜𝙝𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧-𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚”
When a young girl contracts the transgender social epidemic, they move her from pronouns to fertility drugs to surgery. pic.twitter.com/abXXfF3y5S
— Courage is a habit (@CourageHabit) January 22, 2024
For the past few years, the Maine Legislature has lowered of requirements Parental consent for treatment of children authority For school counselors and social workers transition It has taken custody of children without their parents' knowledge and now wants to expand its grip to include jurisdiction over children who are not even legal residents of Maine.
State senators will decide whether to move the bill out of committee for a vote in the full chamber on Jan. 25. If ever there was a time for parents to come together to protect their children, it's now and against bills like LD1735.
