Posted on 02/15/2018 5:02:39 AM PST by Petrosius
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 14, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Ohio government authorities forced parents to give up legal custody of their daughter after the mother and father said they opposed the girl’s decision to identify as a ‘boy’ and transition to being 'male.'
The Hamilton County Job and Family Services took legal custody of the teenage girl, 17, who, according to court records, suffers from gender dysphoria. The teen is currently living with her maternal grandparents. The girl’s name and the names of her parents are under court seal.
The minor was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and gender dysphoria after being hospitalized in 2016. Doctors decided that because she wants to identify as a male, she should be given testosterone and sex “change” drugs.
But the girl’s parents objected, arguing that they did not think that such "treatment" was in their daughter’s best interest.
A juvenile court judge will determine if parental rights for the minor should be entirely stripped.
At stake are parental rights and who will make medical decisions as the legal guardian for the youngster. A decision is expected by Friday.
Pro-transgender doctors pressured the court in closing arguments, saying a ruling must come quickly, claiming that the girl needed opposite-sex hormones or else she may kill herself. Medical witnesses said that the parents’ rejection of their daughter’s decision to identify as a male has made her suicidal. They termed the girl’s circumstances a life-or-death situation.
The court heard arguments that the girl’s pro-transgender grandparents should take over custody. “We think the grandparents are the ones who have an open mind” regarding sex change hormones, while “the parents have clearly indicated that they’re not open to it,” the court-appointed guardian for the girl argued.
The parents testified that they only desire what is best for their daughter. Their attorney Karen Brinkman summarized their view of the case: “If the maternal grandparents were to be given custody, it would simply be a way for the child to circumvent the necessity of parents’ consent,” Brinkman told the court.
Brinkman reasoned that the girl’s medically-affirmed depression, anxiety, and dysphoria indicate that she is in no position to make decisions which would result in permanent physiological changes. “It does not appear that this child is even close to being able to make such a life-altering decision at this time,” Brinkman observed.
The girl’s and the grandparents’ lawyers both listed additional complaints about alleged parental mistreatment. The former claimed the parents’ sending their daughter to Catholic school where the dress code requires female clothing “caused additional trauma and anxiety” increasing her “suicidal ideation.” The later said answering to her real (female) name or even hearing it, or just seeing it on documents “has become a very big trigger” which “caused trauma.”
Like the pro-transgender doctors, the grandparents urged immediate action to avoid the girl committing suicide. “What we want to do ... is plan for a high school graduation,” their lawyer told the court. “We don’t want to be planning for a funeral.”
Pro-transgender Hamilton County Prosecutor Donald Clancy argued that the parents are religiously motivated. He said the father commented that “any kind of transition at all would go against his core beliefs.”
The complaint alleges that the father told his daughter to kill herself because she was “going to hell anyway” for rejecting her female biology. It also accuses the parents of removing their daughter from transgender therapy and seeking “Christian” counseling for her. The complaint claims the counseling simply consisted of the girl sitting for six hours listening to the Bible.
The parents' attorney denied the prosecution’s allegations. Brinkman affirmed that the parents “have done their due diligence contacting medical professionals, collecting thousands of hours of research and relying on … their observation of their own child … that led them to the conclusion that (a sex change hormone injection) is not in their child’s best interest.”
The parents believe opposite-sex hormones “would do more harm than good,” Brinkman said.
Well done.
“The GRANDPARENTS want to take custody of the granddaughter....”
Not only has this child boogered her relationship with her parents, she’s sucked the grandparents into this mess and pitted her own parents against THEIR parents. True insanity.
In a few days, weeks or months (less than a year) the 17 year old will be a legal adult, who can move out, get chemically enhanced, have her addadicktome, and call herself Chuck. Let her wait ‘til then.
This is exactly the same problem as the shooter in Florida. We have lost the will to lock up crazy possessed people. When and why did we close down the nut houses?
What universe are we in?
Yep. It might as well be 7 as 17.
We need thousands like you. Thank you.
Or the girl who “identified” as blind-disabled. She got assistance destroying her sight with drain cleaner - BY A “DOCTOR!”
This is wrong! The court had no right in this. The parents are responsible for their children and not a bunch of liberals in the court system.
Demon possession? Maybe. But, as we're beginning to see today, there are SO many problems surrounding that Florida shooting, e.g. WTH, FBI?!?!?!?!!!!
When and why did we close down the nut houses?
I have no idea but, I wonder if it's shortly after we professed ourselves wise enough to declare the spirit world is just a bunch o' hooey and decided it makes more sense to treat mental illness with shock therapy, surgery and/or chemicals.
The FBI is too busy trying to find dirt on Trump to be bothered with criminals.
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