{"id":2045079,"date":"2023-09-26T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-legal-course-urges-custody-attorneys-to-push-puberty-blockers-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T12:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:38:38","slug":"california-legal-course-urges-custody-attorneys-to-push-puberty-blockers-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-legal-course-urges-custody-attorneys-to-push-puberty-blockers-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"California legal course encourages custody attorneys to advocate for the use of puberty blockers in children."},"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\">32<\/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-legal-course-urges-custody-attorneys-to-push-puberty-blockers-for-kids%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=2045079&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--><h2>Custody Attorneys Urged \u2064to \u2064Advocate for \u2063Puberty Blockers\u200d for Gender-Confused Adolescents<\/h2>\n<p>A recent legal training course\u2063 sponsored by a California\u2063 bar association is encouraging\u2063 custody \u200cattorneys to\u200b push \u2063parents into \u2063accepting\u2064 puberty blockers\u2064 for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actress-sophia-bush-not-allowing-kids-sex-changes-tantamount-to-murder\/\" title=\"Actress Sophia Bush: Not Allowing Kids Sex Changes \u2018Tantamount To Murder\u2019\">gender-confused children<\/a>. The course,\u2064 titled &#8220;Gender and Transgender Issues\u200c in Custody Matters,&#8221; aims to educate attorneys known as\u200c minor&#8217;s counsel who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-legal-course-urges-custody-attorneys-to-push-puberty-blockers-for-kids\/\" title=\"California legal course encourages custody attorneys to advocate for the use of puberty blockers in children.\">handle\u200d custody disputes involving transitioning\u2062 children<\/a>. The training, which took place in October 2022, is part of California&#8217;s legal training\u2064 requirements and is available as an on-demand course.<\/p>\n<p>The training session, led by \u2064Asaf\u2062 Orr, the leader of\u2062 the Transgender Youth Project, emphasizes the \u200dimportance of starting \u2062puberty blockers \u2062immediately to\u2062 accurately assess the child&#8217;s mental health\u2063 and functioning. According to Orr, without\u2063 these blockers, the child&#8217;s well-being will deteriorate. The video recording of the training reveals \u200bhow activists are leveraging California family \u2062law to promote gender transitions in\u2062 children.<\/p>\n<p>However, critics argue that the training appears\u2063 more like advocacy than legal\u2063 education. Dan Morenoff,\u2064 the executive director of the American Civil Rights Project, questions \u2064how the presentation received bar approval as a qualifying continuing legal education activity\u200c when it\u2063 primarily\u200c promotes a \u2063specific policy approach to a medical issue.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063training also featured\u200d Superior Court judge Joni Hiramoto,\u200b who has presided over custody disputes involving gender-confused children. In one case, Hiramoto permanently separated a father from his minor \u2063son because\u2064 the father\u2063 did \u200bnot support\u200d the child&#8217;s medical \u2064transition. Hiramoto, who\u200c personally \u200dhas a transgender child, suggests that judges should grant legal custody to parents who support the child&#8217;s transition.<\/p>\n<p>Puberty\u2063 blockers, although not \u2064federally\u200d approved for gender transitions, are presented in \u2062the training as &#8220;fully reversible&#8221; and a &#8220;pause button&#8221; by Orr. However, \u2063concerns remain about their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-suggests-pregnant-women-vaccinated-for-covid-19-may-pass-on-antibodies-to-infants\/\" title=\"Study Suggests Pregnant Women Vaccinated For COVID-19 May Pass On Antibodies To Infants\">long-term effects<\/a> on sexual development, bone \u200cgrowth,\u2063 and neurodevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>This controversial \u2063legal training is not the first \u2063time \u200bOrr and Hiramoto have crossed paths professionally. In a previous\u200d case, Hiramoto\u2062 prohibited a \u200cfather \u2064from seeing his trans-identifying son unless \u2064in\u2062 a supervised therapeutic setting. Orr, in his role as legal director \u2062for the U.C. San Francisco Child and Adolescent \u200bGender Clinic,\u2063 later assisted \u200dthe \u200dson in obtaining puberty blockers and\u2063 estrogen, \u2063despite the father&#8217;s objections.<\/p>\n<p>Requests for \u2063comments from Orr, U.C. San Francisco&#8217;s gender clinic,\u2062 and the California Civil Rights\u200d Department, where Orr \u2062currently \u200dworks, have\u200c gone \u200bunanswered. The Contra Costa Bar Association, which \u200bhosted the training, \u2064also did not respond to \u200ba\u2062 request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that \u200bthis legal training \u2062raises significant ethical \u200cand legal questions surrounding the use of puberty blockers for gender-confused adolescents. The debate \u200bcontinues\u200c as to whether these interventions \u200care in the \u200dbest interest of the child.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What \u200cconcerns does Vid \u200cFrench, a family law attorney and president\u200d of the National Association of \u200cFamily Courts and Professionals, have regarding the recent \u2064training course on \u2064puberty blockers for gender-confused adolescents?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Vid French,\u2063 a family\u200c \u2062law attorney and\u2063 the president of the\u2064 National Association\u200c of\u2063 Family \u2063Courts\u2063 \u200band\u2060\u2064 Professionals,\u2061 stated that the course\u200c \u2063seems to have a\u2061 biased \u2062agenda rather than \u2063providing\u2064 neutral\u2062 \u200deducation for \u2063\u2062attorneys. French\u2060\u200d \u200bargues that\u2063\u2062 the role of an attorney is \u2063to advocate\u200b for\u2061 their\u200b clients&#8217; interests,\u2062 not to push \u2063a particular agenda, especially one that involves\u2061 such\u2062controversial\u2064 medical\u2062 interventions\u2063 for\u2062\u2062 adolescents.\u2062\u2061<\/p>\n<p>French further\u2061\u2062\u2063 emphasizes that the\u2064 use of \u2061puberty blockers\u200d in\u2060\u2062\u2060gender-confused\u200b children is\u2064 a\u2063 highly\u2062\u200d\u2060\u2061\u2063 contentious issue.\u2064 While\u2063 some\u2062 medical professionals\u200c believe that puberty blockers can be\u2062 a \u2062temporary solution for\u2062 \u2062young\u2063 people struggling with \u200btheir\u2060 gender identity,\u2064 others\u2061 are\u200dconcerned\u2062\u200d about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-questions-about-genetically-modified-crops-being-pushed-as-agricultures-silver-bullet-solution-to-climate-change\/\" title=\"Are genetically modified crops really the ultimate solution to climate change in agriculture?\">long-term \u200deffects<\/a>\u2061\u2061 of these\u2060 interventions. Research\u2064 has indicated \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-refuses-to-release-updated-information-on-post-covid-vaccination-heart-inflammation\/\" title=\"CDC withholds updated data on post-COVID vaccine heart inflammation.\">potential\u2062 side effects<\/a>, such as\u2062\u200b infertility and\u2062 decreased bone density,\u2062 associated \u200bwith\u2064 \u2060the use of puberty\u2064 blockers.\u2061\u2062\u2064\u2063<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, \u2064the training\u2061\u2060\u200d\u2064 is being\u2063 criticized\u2061\u2062\u2060\u2064 \u2064for its \u2062focus\u2064 on rushing \u2062gender transitions in children. Dr. Quentin Van\u2063 Meter, the president\u2062\u2061 of the American College of Pediatricians,\u2064 states that it\u2064 is\u2061 important\u2064 to \u200d\u2064approach\u200c gender dysphoria \u200bin\u200c children\u200c with caution and \u200cprovide\u2064 comprehensive\u2061 evaluation \u2062and\u2064 \u2064treatment \u200doptions. \u2064Rushing \u2062into \u200bgender transitions\u200b without a thorough assessment\u2061\u2060\u2062\u2063\u200c of the child&#8217;s mental health and understanding of their gender \u2062identity\u200d can have serious\u2062\u200d\u2063 consequences\u2062\u2060\u2063 for\u2062 the child&#8217;s well-being in the long\u2062 run.\u2063<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062training&#8217;s\u2064 emphasis on advocating\u2060\u2060\u2062 for puberty\u200c blockers also raises\u2061\u200b ethical concerns for\u2060\u2061\u2062 many.\u2062 Promoting a\u2063 medical intervention that is still\u2061\u2064 subject to\u2060\u2060\u2062 debate and lacks long-term research reflects\u2061 a\u2061\u2063\u2060\u2061\u2062\u200d\u2060\u2062\u2064\u2063 potentially dangerous\u2060 approach. It\u2064 is the\u2063 role of medical professionals, not attorneys, to\u2063 make\u2063\u200d\u200d\u2060\u2063\u200d\u200d\u2061\u2060\u2063\u2063\u200d\u2062\u200d decisions\u2061\u200d about\u2061\u2064\u200b the \u2063appropriate\u200c \u2062medical\u2064\u2062 interventions\u2063\u2061 for gender-confused\u2062 adolescents.\u2062 Custody attorneys should\u200b focus on\u200b protecting their clients&#8217; legal rights and determining the best interests\u2064 of\u2060\u2062\u2063 the child, which may not\u2062 always align with promoting\u2064 puberty\u200b blockers.\u2061\u2060\u2062\u2062<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the\u2063 recent training course sponsored by\u2062 a California bar association urging \u2063custody attorneys to advocate for puberty blockers for gender-confused adolescents raises ethical concerns. While it\u2062 is \u200cimportant\u2064 to support and\u200d\u200d\u2060 respect individuals struggling with their\u2064 gender identity,\u200d rushing into medical interventions\u200b without thoroughly\u200c evaluating the child&#8217;s mental health\u2063 and understanding of their gender identity can have long-term consequences. \u200cCustody attorneys should focus on \u200badvocating for their clients&#8217; interests within the boundaries\u2062 of legal and ethical considerations, rather than pushing \u2063a specific agenda that involves controversial medical interventions for minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Custody attorneys are advised to advocate for puberty blockers to help gender-confused adolescents function better, as per a California bar association&#8217;s legal education course. The course, &#8220;Gender and Transgender Issues in Custody Matters,&#8221; organized by the Contra Costa County Bar Association, focuses on assisting attorneys in this area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1604,"featured_media":2045080,"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-2045079","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\/2045079","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=2045079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2045080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2045079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2045079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2045079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}