Con­gress Could Soon Declare That Affirm­ing A Child’s Sex Is Not Abuse

Sen­a­tor Eric Schmitt on Tues­day intro­duced a bill that would pro­hib­it fed­er­al­ly fund­ed child wel­fare agen­cies from label­ing par­ents as abu­sive for affirm­ing their gen­der-con­fused child’s sex, rather than their trans­gen­der iden­ti­ty.
The Mis­souri Repub­li­can is the dri­ving force behind the Yaeli Mar­tinez Child Pro­tec­tion Act, which declares that “rais­ing a child accord­ing to his or her sex is not abuse” and that “a parent’s deci­sion to affirm a child’s sex and pro­tect him or her from the harms …