The proposed legislation seeks to redefine what constitutes “parental abuse” by expanding it to include those who do not put their children through “gender-affirming care."

It would make it a crime punishable by prison for a parent who prohibits their child from surgically change sexes.

House Bill 4876, introduced by Democrat Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, acts as an amendment to the state's Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. The bill would classify parents who deny medical care such as primary care services, abortion services, or gender-affirming services as committing child abuse.

The text of the bill says that the definition of “abused child” would be “a child whose parent or immediate family member, or any person responsible for the child's welfare, or any individual residing in the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent denies the child access to necessary medical care, including, but not limited to, primary care services, abortion services, or gender-affirming services.”

Even more disturbing is that the bill would allow healthcare professionals to perform abortions and apply “gender-affirming care” to minors without the consent of the parents.

Amends the Consent by Minors to Health Care Services Act. Specifies that consent to the performance of abortion services and gender-affirming services executed by a minor is not voidable because of such minority. 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.

This proposal is similar to measures introduced in other states like California, which enacted AB957 last year. This legislation also labeled parents as abusers if they did not go along with progressive gender ideology.

There was a fiery debate in California’s legislature over the bill, which, as my colleague Bob Hoge reported, is now headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

The bill, titled the “Family law: gender identity” bill, passed California’s State Assembly on May 3, but radical state Senator Scott Wiener (D-SF) added an amendment on June 6 that would change the state’s standard of the well-being of a minor to “include a parent’s affirmation of the child’s gender identity as part of the health, safety, and welfare of the child.”

Now that it’s passed the Senate, the Assembly will need to agree to amendments the Senate attached, which the heavily Democratic legislative body assuredly will. Then it heads to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk, where he will almost certainly sign it since he’s emphasized polarizing gender politics during his tenure as the state’s top leader.

The bill could potentially make you guilty of child abuse if you refuse to call your son “Jane” and buy him dresses. Authorities could take your kid away if you don’t bend the knee:

California courts would be given complete authority under Section 3011 of California’s Family Code to remove a child from his or her parents’ home if parents disapprove of LGBTQ+ ideology.

By changing the definition of what constitutes the “health, safety, and welfare of [a] child,” schools, churches, hospitals, and other organizations interacting with children would be required to affirm “gender transitions” in minors by default—or risk charges of child abuse.

Even in Montana, parents who do not support “gender-affirming care” for their children could be targeted. This recently happened to a family whose daughter was suffering from gender dysphoria. The state kidnapped the teenage girl and sent her to a facility in Wyoming.

We will be seeing even more of these measures being introduced – and even passed – in blue states as the debate over “gender-affirming care” grows even more prevalent on the national stage. When the issue came to light years ago, progressive proponents of using puberty blockers and hormone treatments on children argued that it would help to save their lives. They also relied on painting anyone who disagreed as transphobic monsters who would rather see kids commit suicide than undergo these treatments.

This hasn’t quite gone as well as progressives hoped. Their failure to convince or shame the public into buying into these absurd ideas on gender has now prompted them to begin using government force to compel these treatments for kids. As they say, if you can’t beat ‘em, pass a law to force ‘em.