A California bill currently waiting to be signed into law by Governor Newsom would enable state judges in the golden state to take custody of children who show up in California seeking gender transition care or surgery.
SB 107, which passed the California legislature with overwhelming support, would empower the State of California to effectively reach into families’ homes in all 50 states.
Under the proposed law, a child from another state who runs away to California or is transported there with the help of another will be able to obtain gender reassignment care and even reassignment surgery without the consent or knowledge of the child’s parents back home.
Even more insidiously, the bill would empower California judges to remove custody from the child’s parents. It is hard to imagine how these stories would play out.
In divorce cases, a parent about to lose custody of their child could abscond to California, give their child cross-sex hormones, and win custody of the child under California law.
A minor who runs away from home in Texas and gets a ride to California could go through transition surgery without parental knowledge or consent, and the parents could lose custody of the child completely. Any non-parent could easily use the law to transport a child to California, have them surgically transitioned without parental knowledge or consent, and then win custody of the child.
Even if a child never visited California, they could obtain puberty blockers via telemedicine from a doctor in California, and the parents would be denied medical information about their child.
One hundred years of case law from the United States Supreme Court has consistently reaffirmed the fundamental right of parents to make decisions for their children. Now, the State of California is seeking to effectively extend its jurisdiction to govern medical decisions and parenting decisions for families in all 50 states.
It is hard to contrive a more blatant violation of a parent’s constitutional rights than the one California is now on the brink of enacting. Should Governor Newsom sign the bill into law, it will doubtless draw serious legal challenges from parents and state attorney generals across the country.
THSC has joined numerous other family rights organizations across the country to send a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to veto the bill. For families in Texas, please contact Governor Abbott and ask that he immediately stand up for Texas families by putting public pressure on Governor Newsom to veto this egregious bill.
-Jeremy Newman, THSC Deputy Director
Do you want to stay informed about parental rights? THSC believes that parents should be empowered to raise and educate the next generation of leaders. As a THSC member, we support your family to do just that! Join THSC today and sign up for our newsletters to stay up-to-date.
Jeremy Newman, THSC Deputy Director
Jeremy has served as the Policy Director for THSC since 2013. In 2022, he became THSC’s first Deputy Director. He teaches Lincoln-Douglas debate in the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA). He currently lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Addi, and two sons, Wyatt and Declan.
A California bill currently waiting to be signed into law by Governor Newsom would enable state judges in the golden state to take custody of children who show up in California seeking gender transition care or surgery.
SB 107, which passed the California legislature with overwhelming support, would empower the State of California to effectively reach into families’ homes in all 50 states.
Under the proposed law, a child from another state who runs away to California or is transported there with the help of another will be able to obtain gender reassignment care and even reassignment surgery without the consent or knowledge of the child’s parents back home.
Even more insidiously, the bill would empower California judges to remove custody from the child’s parents. It is hard to imagine how these stories would play out.
In divorce cases, a parent about to lose custody of their child could abscond to California, give their child cross-sex hormones, and win custody of the child under California law.
A minor who runs away from home in Texas and gets a ride to California could go through transition surgery without parental knowledge or consent, and the parents could lose custody of the child completely. Any non-parent could easily use the law to transport a child to California, have them surgically transitioned without parental knowledge or consent, and then win custody of the child.
Even if a child never visited California, they could obtain puberty blockers via telemedicine from a doctor in California, and the parents would be denied medical information about their child.
One hundred years of case law from the United States Supreme Court has consistently reaffirmed the fundamental right of parents to make decisions for their children. Now, the State of California is seeking to effectively extend its jurisdiction to govern medical decisions and parenting decisions for families in all 50 states.
It is hard to contrive a more blatant violation of a parent’s constitutional rights than the one California is now on the brink of enacting. Should Governor Newsom sign the bill into law, it will doubtless draw serious legal challenges from parents and state attorney generals across the country.
THSC has joined numerous other family rights organizations across the country to send a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to veto the bill. For families in Texas, please contact Governor Abbott and ask that he immediately stand up for Texas families by putting public pressure on Governor Newsom to veto this egregious bill.
-Jeremy Newman, THSC Deputy Director
Do you want to stay informed about parental rights? THSC believes that parents should be empowered to raise and educate the next generation of leaders. As a THSC member, we support your family to do just that! Join THSC today and sign up for our newsletters to stay up-to-date.
Jeremy Newman, THSC Deputy Director
Jeremy has served as the Policy Director for THSC since 2013. In 2022, he became THSC’s first Deputy Director. He teaches Lincoln-Douglas debate in the National Christian Forensics and Communications Association (NCFCA). He currently lives in Fort Worth with his wife, Addi, and two sons, Wyatt and Declan.
