Posted on 03/17/2022 11:31:37 AM PDT by TedMartin
An immigrant mother living in Los Angeles has revealed publicly that her 16-year-old daughter killed herself after public school employees, doctors and the courts fed the troubled teen lies about her identity.
This progressive ideology promoted by legislative leaders, that one’s gender is separate from biological sex, is driving some mentally struggling teens to despair and leading many others to destroy their reproductive systems with puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.
California teachers, gender counselors and judges tell parents that affirming their child’s self-perception without question is the only way to truly help their gender dysphoric child. The price for doubting a child’s self-diagnosis is steep.
El Salvador immigrant Abigail Martinez found that out the hard way. She told her heartbreaking story last week of losing custody of her transitioning daughter at a Heritage Foundation event in Washington D.C. (video).
In anguish, she revealed through tears for the first time publicly how the state paid for her teen’s transitioning drugs, but instead of helping her, it only increased her daughter’s mental distress.
Abigail’s daughter began showing signs of depression in middle school and then attended meetings and “support” groups for gender-confused children in high school. Not long after attending these groups, she told her mother that she felt like she was a boy.
A psychologist and LGBT group began working with Abigail’s daughter and told Child Family Services (CFS) that she would be better off out of the house. They incentivized her to leave home by telling her that the state would pay for her gender “transition” if she did.
CFS took her from Abigail at just 16-years-old. When they appeared in court, Abigail was told she could visit her daughter one hour a week as long as she didn’t talk to her daughter about God or encourage her to come home.
The LGBT group urged Abigail’s daughter to undergo a medical gender “transition,” and despite Abigail’s objections, doctors began administering hormone therapy. Abigail begged doctors to instead conduct a psychological evaluation and treat her daughter’s mental problems.
"This is not going to make my daughter better,” she told them. “If you want to help my daughter, help her with her mental health. Help her from the inside out.” The doctors refused her request.
Tragically, Abigail’s daughter ended up taking her own life by kneeling in front of a train with her hands raised in the air.
“No mother should ever have to go through the indescribable pain that Abigail did. She was completely denied her parental rights and could have prevented her daughter’s death had doctors and the state only listened to her,” the California Family Council said in a statement.
“Abigail’s story demonstrates the direction that California is headed. There are numerous mothers and fathers dealing with similar situations who are afraid to speak about it publicly. The state is prioritizing dangerous gender ideology over parental rights and the health and well-being of children.”
Greg Burt is Director of Capitol Engagement for the California Family Council.
If that were my daughter, I would pick that as my ditch to die in. I’d take plenty of company with me.
Evil perverted Democrat scum.
Holy! This is so tragic, it seems made up.
All teenagers go through periods of confusion. I did, but only through the grace of God.
Very sad story.
Legal or illegal?
We actually have public officials, councilors, and doctors telling young, impressionable people to physically mutilate themselves. And if you complain, they call you a bigot.
“Abigail begged doctors to instead conduct a psychological evaluation and treat her daughter’s mental problems.”
Reasonable request. And one that any responsible parent would make.
Could anything be dispicable, more criminal that what is being done in the name of “science” to the minds and bodies of our youth? Anyone involved in this and anyone blocking the truth from being shouted from the mountaintops should be jailed for life, with no parole. Saying they were following orders or taught badly by the mnetal health profession should not be an excuse. Parents who went along with this should also face stiff prison time. Simply no excuse. Stupidity? Brainwashing? Some internatinal agenda of bad and deranged people at work here?
“If that were my daughter, I would pick that as my ditch to die in. I’d take plenty of company with me.”
These people are sowing the wind.
In the left’s view: Collateral damage for the cause.
This “bigot” calls them what they are: MURDERERS!!!!!!
Who let these 2 legged demons loose to have control over loving parents? Science is settled that chromosomes XY and XX male and female. Transgenderism is an evil, twisted canard pushed by godless freaks from hades.
Notice what’s missing from this story...
.
.
.
.
.
...Dad.
Anybody who has been alive knows that a child often has a series of different “self-perceptions.” Since the dawn of humanity, family and friends have provided feedback to the child to straighten him/her out.
In “Primitive” societies people are too busy with the business of surviving to be unsure of which sex they are. There should be a serious examination of why “Primitive” societies are more in tune with human nature than our “civilized” one.
The people pushing this sick ideology should be drawn and quartered.
Murder is the first word that came to my mind. Preceded by torture.
This isn’t just a “political” issue. These are Nazi torture doctor level crimes against humanity, and should be pursued as such.
“Some internatinal agenda of bad and deranged people at work here?”
I don’t know if you accept Scripture, but we are told that Satan is “the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience” (Ephesians 2:2).
I believe these mega-billionaires at the top are being operated through by him BIGTIME. They are cooked, given over, and he is making full use of their power, money and lust for MORE.
Stepping back we can see how their degrading message is preached as if by one unified voice.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.