Florida Bill Grants State Authority to Seize Trans-Identifying Children
Learn about a proposed bill in Florida that would grant the state the authority to seize trans-identifying children from parents if they receive treatment for gender dysphoria, or if they are merely “at risk” of receiving such treatment.
Benjamin Ryan
🔬Health & science reporter | Contributor to: @NYTimes @NBCNews @Guardian @TRF | Other bylines: @WashingtonPost @TheAtlantic | Cancer Survivor | Columbia grad
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A new proposed bill in Florida would not only grant the state the authority to seize trans-identifying children from parents if they receive treatment for gender dysphoria, but to seize kids if they are merely “at risk” of receiving such treatment. pic.twitter.com/IxawmhaUVt
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) March 5, 2023 -
The bill that would grant Florida the power to seize trans-identifying children receiving or likely to receive treatment for gender dysphoria is sponsored by Republican state senator Clay Yarborough, who is a follower of Christ. @Clay_Yarborough https://t.co/rp83mxCzFN pic.twitter.com/7mWED7xNva
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) March 5, 2023 -
This comes as Daily Wire columnist @MichaelJKnowles called at #CPAC for the “eradication” of “transgenderism” from American life—a call to action that Knowles has insisted was not a Hitlerian call to arms to enact a genocide against trans people. https://t.co/HkX49rzyvW
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) March 5, 2023 -
Note that this Florida bill promising to seize kids from their parents for receiving or “at risk of receiving”treatment for gender dysphoria would apply to anyone “present” in the state, not just residents. So kids could be snatched at a trip Disney World. pic.twitter.com/24oWOZxKBE
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) March 5, 2023 -
Whatever Ron DeSantis wants, the Florida legislature is eager to oblige as he gears up for a widely anticipated presidential race. https://t.co/KH9j5IowbH
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) March 5, 2023 -
Republican Florida state senator @Clay_Yarborough has caused an uproar with his bill that would allow the state to seize trans kids from parents, even those families merely visiting for a @Disney World trip, if they receive gender dysphoria treatment.https://t.co/Fabj34xU1Y
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) March 6, 2023