{"id":2164439,"date":"2024-01-31T20:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T01:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-gov-defends-removal-of-14-year-old-from-parents-who-opposed-gender-identity-transition\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T01:14:09","slug":"montana-gov-defends-removal-of-14-year-old-from-parents-who-opposed-gender-identity-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/montana-gov-defends-removal-of-14-year-old-from-parents-who-opposed-gender-identity-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana Gov. supports removal of 14-year-old from parents against gender identity transition"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmontana-gov-defends-removal-of-14-year-old-from-parents-who-opposed-gender-identity-transition%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=2164439&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">  (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>5:02 PM \u2013 Wednesday, January 31, 2024<\/h3>\n<p>In a surprising turn \u200bof events, GOP Montana\u2063 Governor Greg Gianforte has defended the state court\u2019s\u2062 decision to remove a 14-year-old from her parents after they had opposed a \u200cgender\u200b transition. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>According\u200d to reports, the adolescent is a biological female who wishes to transition into\u200c identifying as a male. The child had also started recently threatening suicide, the parents say. <\/p>\n<p>Gianforte (R-Mont.) told <em>The National Desk<\/em> (TND) on Monday that when state authorities took a\u200b child\u2063 away from parents who disapproved of their gender identity transition, they were \u201cacting legally.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8NEW: REPUBLICAN Montana Governor Defends State&#8217;s Decision to \u200cRemove Teen from Parents Over Gender Transition Objections<\/p>\n<p>Montana Governor Greg Gianforte backs the state&#8217;s decision to separate a \u206314-year-old from parents, Krista(Step-mother) and Todd Kolstad(Biological-Father),\u2026 \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zNIeNnfbOt\">pic.twitter.com\/zNIeNnfbOt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Unlimited L&#8217;s (@unlimited_ls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unlimited_ls\/status\/1752452683020042689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January\u2064 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Reduxx<\/em> reported that this month, representatives from Montana \u200cChild and Family Services (CFS) seized custody of the 14-year-old from the parents, Krista and Todd Kolstad. <\/p>\n<p>The report also states \u200dthat in August, while being treated at a hospital,\u2062 doctors began using the child\u2019s preferred name \u200cand pronouns, which do not correlate with the child\u2019s biological sex\u2062 or government name. <\/p>\n<p>The parents then expressed their opposition and said that allowing their \u2062child to undergo\u200d any form of \u2062gender transition, socially or medically, was a violation of \u2062their \u201cvalues, morals, and \u2064\u2026 religious beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u206214-year-old was later transferred by doctors to a specialized residential treatment facility in Wyoming. <\/p>\n<p>According to <em>Reduxx<\/em>, Krista and Todd maintain that they were not informed about their child\u2019s health care at that time and that doctors went \u2062behind their back and made these\u2063 arrangements.  <\/p>\n<p>In September, the 14-year-old was then returned to Montana and placed in a federally-funded group home. <\/p>\n<p>After four months, Krista and Todd purportedly received notice that CFS would get custody \u200bof \u200bthe \u206214-year-old and that the child\u2019s birth mother in Canada would take care of them after transitioning. Krista is the gender dysphoric 14-year-old\u2019s step mother. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe were\u200d told that\u200b letting [the child] \u200btransition and live as\u200c a\u200d boy was in her \u2018therapeutic\u200b best interest\u2019 and because we aren\u2019t willing to follow that recommendation, the court gave CFS custody of [the child] for six months,\u201d Krista told <em>Reduxx<\/em>.\u2063 \u201cThe judge said to us \u2018you need \u2064to expect that reunification with your family may not be what you\u2063 are expecting.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According \u200cto reports, the parents are now looking into their \u201climited\u201d legal options in order to sue both CFS and the hospital that treated their child without their consent.<\/p>\n<p>When asked his opinion on the matter, Gianforte stated that children\u2019s rights to \u201cgrow up in happy, healthy homes with loving families\u201d are \u201cnot always realized.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cUpon hearing recent allegations \u2064related to a child welfare case, I asked \u2064Lieutenant Governor\u200b Kristen Juras \u2013 an experienced attorney, constitutional conservative, mother, and grandmother \u2013 to\u2064 review\u2064 it,\u201d\u200b Gov. Gianforte said. \u201cConsulting with the director of DPHHS and\u200d personally examining case documents,\u200b Lieutenant Governor Juras has concluded that DPHHS and the court have followed state policy and law in their handling of this tragic case.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He continued, noting a Montana \u2063law that prohibits medical gender transitions for minors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOur administration \u2063will continue to advance policies \u2062that strengthen our families \u2062and protect Montana kids, like what we have done\u200c to promote adoption and to ban permanent, invasive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60-minutes-runs-explosive-segment-featuring-young-transgender-individuals-who-decided-to-reverse-course\/\" title=\"60 Minutes Runs Explosive Segment Featuring Young Transgender Individuals Who Decided To Reverse Course\">life-altering medical procedures<\/a>\u200b on children, like puberty blockers, hormonal treatments, and sex-reassignment surgeries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed!\u2062 Receive breaking \u200cnews blasts directly to your inbox \u2064for free. \u2064Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Over \u200ca dozen \u2063people are indicted in connection with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-d-a-fani-willis-may-have-fired-staffer-who-reported-on-abuse-of-federal-funds\/\" title=\"Georgia D.A. Fani Willis possibly terminated employee who exposed misuse of federal funds\">international organized crime \u2064syndicate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>GOP lawmakers say that\u200d they are not surprised a new poll shows that in seven swing states, the issue of \u2064the border and immigration is giving Donald Trump a widening lead over Joe Biden. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Federal Reserve will maintain current interest rates, with no cuts announced despite the central bank having suggested several cuts this year. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Hungary refuses to be \u200dblackmailed by the E.U.\u2019s threats to sabotage its economy unless it \u200cbends to its woke agenda, fund Ukraine\u2019s endless war, and open its\u2063 border like all of its imperiled neighbors.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Tesla chief executive and a board seen as captive\u200b to him must find a way to negotiate a replacement contract.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Qualcomm\u00a0forecast fiscal second-quarter profit\u200c slightly above \u2064Wall Street estimates and sales in \u200bline with market expectations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Mounting costs of developing the cutting-edge features irked\u200b investors hoping for a \u2064big boost \u200cto sales from the new technology.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The first human patient \u200dhas received an implant\u2064 from brain-chip startup Neuralink and is recovering well.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200bWhat legal options do the parents have in\u2064 order to address the custody situation \u200dand the medical treatment provided to\u200c their \u2064child without their consent<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In a surprising turn of events, GOP Montana Governor \u200bGreg Gianforte has defended \u200dthe state court&#8217;s decision to remove a 14-year-old from her parents after\u200d they had \u200bopposed a gender transition. According to reports, the adolescent is a biological\u2064 female who wishes to transition into identifying as\u200c a \u2062male. The child had also\u200b started recently threatening suicide, the parents say.<\/p>\n<p>Gianforte\u2062 (R-Mont.) told \u2064The\u2063 National Desk (TND) \u200bon Monday that \u2064when state \u2064authorities took \u2062a child away from parents who disapproved of their gender identity transition, they were &#8220;acting legally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reduxx reported\u2063 that\u2062 this month, representatives from Montana Child \u2063and Family Services \u2062(CFS) seized custody of the 14-year-old \u200dfrom the parents, Krista and Todd Kolstad. The report also states that in August, while being treated at a hospital,\u200b doctors\u2063 began \u200cusing the child&#8217;s\u2064 preferred name and pronouns, which do not correlate with the child&#8217;s\u200b biological sex or government name.<\/p>\n<p>The parents then \u200dexpressed\u200b their opposition and said that allowing \u200btheir\u200b child to undergo any\u200d form of gender transition, socially or medically, was a violation of their \u2062&#8221;values, morals, \u2063and religious beliefs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200d14-year-old was later transferred by doctors to a \u2064specialized residential treatment\u200c facility in \u200bWyoming. According to Reduxx, Krista and Todd maintain that they were not informed about their child&#8217;s\u200b health care at that time and that doctors went behind their back and made these arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the 14-year-old was then returned to Montana and placed in a federally-funded group home. After four months, Krista and Todd purportedly received notice \u2063that CFS would get custody of the 14-year-old \u200cand that the child&#8217;s birth mother in Canada would\u2062 take care of them after transitioning. Krista \u2064is the gender dysphoric 14-year-old&#8217;s stepmother.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were\u200d told\u2062 that letting [the child] transition \u2062and\u2064 live as a boy was in her &#8216;therapeutic best interest&#8217; \u200band \u200bbecause we\u200d aren&#8217;t willing \u200bto follow that recommendation, the \u2064court gave\u2063 CFS custody of [the child] for six months,&#8221; Krista told Reduxx. &#8220;The judge said to us &#8216;you need to expect that \u2063reunification with your family may\u2062 not \u2063be what\u200d you \u2063are expecting.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the\u200d parents are now looking into their &#8220;limited&#8221; \u200blegal \u200doptions in order \u2063to sue both CFS and the hospital that treated their child without\u2062 their consent.<\/p>\n<p>When asked his opinion on \u2064the matter, Gianforte stated that children&#8217;s rights to &#8220;grow up in \u200chappy,\u200b healthy homes with loving families&#8221; are \u2062&#8221;not always realized.&#8221;\u2063 He continued, noting a Montana law that prohibits medical gender transitions for minors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our\u200c administration will continue to advance policies\u200b that strengthen our families and protect \u200bMontana kids, like what we have done to promote adoption\u2064 and to ban permanent, invasive, life-altering medical procedures on children, like puberty blockers, \u2064hormonal treatments, and sex-reassignment \u200csurgeries,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>It is important\u2063 to stay informed \u2063about the ongoing \u2063developments in this case \u200band how it reflects the legal and ethical considerations surrounding\u2064 gender transition in minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has supported the state court&#8217;s decision to separate a 14-year-old from her parents due to their objection to her gender transition. 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