Michigan Bill Would Make Gender Reassignment Procedures for Minors First-Degree Child Abuse
October 17, 2022 | Michigan
Republicans in Michigan recently introduced a bill that would outlaw medical procedures for gender reassignment of transgender minors, and consider it first-degree child abuse. The proposal comes just days before the nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on such care begins this week.
A person, including parents, guardians, and licensed medical professionals, would be guilty of first-degree child abuse in Michigan if they knowingly or intentionally consent to, obtain, or assist with a gender transition procedure for a child, according to a GOP-backed proposal, known as House Bill 6454.
Child abuse in the first degree can lead up to life imprisonment or any term of years, said the bill filed on Oct. 11. Introducing the new bill are GOP Reps. Beau LaFave, Ryan Berman, Steve Carra, Luke Meerman, and Steve Marino.
“The idea that we would be making potentially life-altering changes to 11-, 12-, 13-, 14-, 15-year-old kids when it is illegal for them to have sex is insane,” LaFave told The Hill last Wednesday. “They’re not ‘responsible enough’ to smoke a cigarette until they’re 21.”
The lawmaker said he’s optimistic that most Republicans in the state legislature will support the measure. If passed, the state would become the second in the nation to make it a felony to provide such care to minors…. (Excerpt from The Epoch Times)
