In California, assembly bill AB665 seeks to further erode the rights of parents in that state.
A Judiciary Committee hearing for AB 665 took place on March 28 2023
According to Erin Friday, co-lead of Our Duty, the bill will give counselors unfettered control over children age 12 and above. In a letter to the state assembly, Friday gives the example of a hypothetical 6th grader who informs her school counselor that she is a “trans boy.” Friday argues that if AB 665 were to be enacted, that child may not come home from school that day but could instead be sent to an “LGBTQ housing facility.”
From The Post Millennial
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Erin Friday also appeared on Fox and Friends on the morning of 29th March to explain her concerns to the nation:
Sadly, it was announced on March 29th that the bill has advanced to the next stage.
The state’s Assembly Judiciary Committee approved the bill, which would allow mental health professionals to commit children to residential facilities upon request, even if the child had not claimed abuse or neglect. The bill instructs counselors to determine whether or not to inform a patient’s parents “after consulting with the minor.” The bill’s authors say their bill is meant to address recent increases in suicide among “youth, particularly Black and Latinx youth.”
Susannah Luthi in the Washington Free Beacon
