{"id":1809693,"date":"2023-01-18T12:20:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809693"},"modified":"2023-01-18T12:23:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:23:50","slug":"virginia-dems-push-bill-to-allow-minors-to-get-medical-care-without-parental-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-dems-push-bill-to-allow-minors-to-get-medical-care-without-parental-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Dems Push Bill to Allow Minors to Get Medical Care Without Parental Consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-dems-push-bill-to-allow-minors-to-get-medical-care-without-parental-consent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">Virginia Democrats are pushing a new bill that would allow minors to access medical procedures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/healthy-living\/childrens-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without requiring parental consent,<\/a> Which medical professional should you call? &#8220;a slippery slope that can have unintended consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">At the start of the new legislative sessions, five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic delegates<\/a> Introduced a bill to allow 16 year-olds to access the Internet. &#8220;medical care,&#8221; This could lead to more abortions and gender reassignment surgery among America&#8217;s youth.<\/p>\n<p>According to the bill, any person as young as 16 years of age should be considered an adult and given access to medical care without parental consent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any minor 16 years of age or older who is determined by a health care provider to be mature and capable of giving informed consent shall be deemed an adult for the purpose of giving consent to consultation, diagnosis, and treatment of a mental or emotional disorder by a health care provider or clinic,&#8221; The bill says.<\/p>\n<p>If the bill passes, doctors would be allowed to withhold records from parents if they so desired. &#8220;deter the minor from seeking care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/detransitioning-becomes-growing-choice-young-people-gender-affirming-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DETRANSITIONING BECOMES GROWING CHOICE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AFTER GENDER-AFFIRMING SURGERY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/640\/320\/istock_000075734267_full.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The bill would grant minors, as young as 16, access to medical care without parental consent.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n The bill would allow minors as young as 16 to have access to medical care without the consent of their parents.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The bill also states that any minor should have the right to express their opinions. &#8220;medical services&#8221; In the case of pregnancy or birth control.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/childrens-hospital-gender-program-navigator-touts-giving-uteruses-live-donors-trans-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CHILDREN&#8217;S HOSPITAL GENDER PROGRAM NAVIGATOR TOUTS GIVING UTERUSES FROM \u2018LIVE DONORS\u2019 TO TRANS WOMEN<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Extending medical freedoms to minors is a slippery slope that can have unintended consequences,&#8221; Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier stressed the potential negative consequences of the bill in a statement. &#8220;The reasons provisions have been put in place <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/genres\/kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">limiting responsibilities in kids<\/a> is because their ability to make important decisions and overall thought processes have not been fully developed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Detransitioning is becoming more common among America\u2019s youth. As a result, there are growing concerns about gender reassignment surgeries on minors that lawmakers are looking to address. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strip parents<\/a> Their involvement in the medical care of their child.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the bill doesn&#8217;t specifically mention gender reassignment as an option for minors, it suggests that a child would have the right to make their own medical decisions. This opens up the possibility of such procedures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1233095448.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Virginia lawmaker Elizabeth Guzman suggested parents should be punished for not affirming their child as LGBT.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Elizabeth Guzman, a Virginia lawmaker, suggested that parents be punished for failing to affirm their child&#8217;s sexual orientation.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Jahi Chikwendiu)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital is one hospital that offers gender reassignment for minors. &#8220;The Center for Gender Surgery at Boston Children&#8217;s Hospital offers gender affirmation surgery services to eligible adolescents and young adults who are ready to take this step,&#8221; Their website promotes sex-change surgeries for minors.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzman stated to WJLA in October that she would introduce a bill at the beginning of the new legislative session. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dems-under-fire-ties-lawmaker-criminalize-parents-dont-affirm-lgbt-kids-exposed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penalizing parents<\/a> Who do not affirm their LGBT children without a misdemeanor charge or felony.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/640\/320\/Glenn-Youngkin-Richmond-Virginia-June-21-2022.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Steve Helber)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This proposal was met with major opposition from parents across the country. It sought to expand the state\u2019s definition of child neglect and abuse to include LGBT parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Aubrie Spady, a freelance production assistant at Fox News Digital, is Aubrie Spady.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Democrats are pushing a new bill that would allow minors to access medical procedures without requiring parental consent, Which medical professional should you call? &#8220;a slippery slope that can have unintended consequences.&#8221; At the start of the new legislative sessions, five Democratic delegates Introduced a bill to allow 16 year-olds to access the Internet. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1809696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,6980,5377,3933,4268,7497,8818,3688,3819,5468],"class_list":["post-1809693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-care","tag-consent","tag-dems","tag-medical","tag-minors","tag-parental","tag-push","tag-report","tag-virginia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1809696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}