{"id":1953826,"date":"2023-06-22T05:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-moves-toward-giving-therapists-unconditional-power-to-emancipate-12-year-olds-from-their-parents\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T05:04:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T09:04:01","slug":"california-moves-toward-giving-therapists-unconditional-power-to-emancipate-12-year-olds-from-their-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-moves-toward-giving-therapists-unconditional-power-to-emancipate-12-year-olds-from-their-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"California seeks to grant therapists unrestricted authority to &#8220;emancipate&#8221; 12-year-olds from their parents."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fcalifornia-moves-toward-giving-therapists-unconditional-power-to-emancipate-12-year-olds-from-their-parents%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=1953826&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--><div>\n<h2>California Democrats Push Controversial Bill to Remove Children from Homes<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>California Democrats on Tuesday advanced legislation to let <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-moves-toward-giving-therapists-unconditional-power-to-emancipate-12-year-olds-from-their-parents\/\" title=\"California seeks to grant therapists unrestricted authority to \"emancipate\" 12-year-olds from their parents.\">mental health professionals remove children<\/a> from their homes and place them in state custody without parental consent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Senate Judiciary Committee approved <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill 665<\/a> on a party-line vote. The bill would allow poor children as young as age 12 to check into state-run youth shelters on the unconditional say-so of a therapist or counselor.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vote, dozens of Californians passionately testified against the bill, variously condemning it as &#8220;emancipation of 12 year olds,&#8221; &#8220;heinous,&#8221; and &#8220;dangerous.&#8221; But the bill&#8217;s authors dismissed the concerns as &#8220;misinformation&#8221; and &#8220;lies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bill&#8217;s advance is the latest victory in a campaign by California Democrats to roll back parental rights, often in the name of allowing minors to choose their own gender. Other legislation making its way through the legislature would punish parents and foster parents who do not &#8220;affirm&#8221; children&#8217;s transgender identity.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo (D.) and state senator Scott Wiener (D.), the co-authors of the bill, reiterated on Tuesday that they simply seek to give all children equal access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">mental health services<\/a>, as privately insured minors from age 12 can already receive outpatient therapy without parental consent. The bill would only apply to kids on Medi-Cal, the state Medicaid program that provides health coverage to eligible low-income residents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This bill protects children. It makes children safer. It makes children healthier,&#8221; said Wiener. &#8220;It\u2019s unfortunate that this bill, like so many, has been caught up in this right-wing outrage machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would never move a piece of policy that takes away parental discretion, to allow children to not have access to their parents,&#8221; Carrillo assured the assembled parents, drawing audible scoffs from the room. &#8220;There\u2019s been a lot of misinformation and lies about this bill to the point that it has national and international attention as to how we treat mental health services for young people in the United States and California.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the bill would leap beyond the autonomy granted to children under existing law. There would be no obligation, as there is for minors on private insurance, for therapists or counselors to show that a 12-year-old patient is mature enough or in a dangerous situation before transferal to a &#8220;residential shelter.&#8221; Whether or not to inform the parents of the move would also be left to the discretion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-covid-30-americans-pack-on-the-pounds-during-covid-19-new-report-says\/\" title=\"The COVID 30: Americans Pack On The Pounds During COVID-19, New Report Says\">mental health professional<\/a>, who could be an intern or trainee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Have each of you used your elected platforms and networks to inform and speak with the people of California?&#8221; Los Angeles mother Wendy Minas asked the Senate panel during her testimony against the bill. &#8220;It doesn\u2019t seem so, because when I talk to my community, no one knows about it. And when they hear about it, they are shocked and angry that you would consider passing an extreme bill that would break apart families during a child\u2019s most difficult and challenging years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other critics have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/21\/fake-fact-checker-hides-truth-about-california-bill-that-will-strip-kids-from-their-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned<\/a> that if the bill becomes law, troubled children will exploit its provisions to run away from home. Transgender kids, in particular, could try to negate their parents&#8217; veto over sex-change treatments, including by accusing them of abuse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The authors want to change the law to let a 12 year old opt out of their home on a whim, invoking parental separation and emancipation of minors without any claim of danger or parental consent,&#8221; Nicole Pearson, an attorney, said in her testimony against the bill. &#8220;This is child emancipation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pearson noted that if lawmakers only wanted to remove the parental consent requirement for minors on Medi-Cal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eight-months-after-january-6-prosecutors-make-aggressive-maneuvers-as-defendant-attempts-suicide-another-beaten-in-jail\/\" title=\"Eight Months After January 6, Prosecutors Make Aggressive Maneuvers As Defendant Attempts Suicide, Another Beaten In Jail\">receive mental health services<\/a>, they could simply tweak the state&#8217;s welfare code. That would leave the rules for entering residential shelters unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>When Republican state senator Scott Wilk asked about Pearson&#8217;s alternative during the hearing, Taylor Chambers, an attorney at the National Center for Youth Law, a cosponsor of the bill, responded that changing the welfare code would create billing confusion for doctors and counselors\u2014and therefore wouldn&#8217;t be equitable.<strong><br \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other supporters of the bill, who testified before the panel in much smaller numbers than opponents, include children&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-many-potential-problems-with-the-bipartisan-gun-deal\/\" title=\"There Are Many Potential Problems With The Bipartisan Gun Deal\">mental health clinics<\/a>, insurers, psychiatrists, and psychiatric associations. Conservative advocacy groups, parents\u2019 rights groups, and California Nurses United, a progressive nurses union, have opposed the measure.<\/p>\n<p>While the bill does not mention gender identity, the track record of one of its authors has fueled suspicions. Wiener, who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RHnKLml2Za8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honored<\/a> anti-Catholic drag nuns at the California legislature, is also pushing <a href=\"https:\/\/sd11.senate.ca.gov\/news\/20230317-senator-wiener-introduces-legislation-protect-lgbtq-foster-youth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bill<\/a> that would require California foster parents to &#8220;affirm&#8221; the transgender identities of foster children. Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/california-senate-ab-957\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another bill<\/a> that Wiener co-authored to make parents&#8217; non-affirmation of their child&#8217;s transgender identity grounds for revoking or limiting custody. Last year, a law that <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/year-in-review-california-got-even-crazier-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wiener authored<\/a> went into effect, empowering California courts to take temporary jurisdiction of kids who come to California from out of state in search of hormone therapy or other transition treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Democrats have moved forward with a bill that permits mental health professionals to remove children from their homes and place them in state custody, even without parental consent. Assembly Bill 665 was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee along party lines. This legislation would enable children as young as 12, from low-income backgrounds, to seek refuge in state-run youth shelters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1604,"featured_media":1953827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1953826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1953826","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\/1604"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1953826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1953827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1953826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1953826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1953826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}