California Moves Toward Giving Therapists Unconditional Power To 'Emancipate' 12 Year Olds From Their Parents
Susannah Luthi
June 22, 2023
California Democrats on Tuesday advanced legislation to let mental health professionals remove children from their homes and place them in state custody without parental consent.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Assembly Bill 665 on a party-line vote. The bill would allow poor children as young as age 12 to check into state-run youth shelters on the unconditional say-so of a therapist or counselor.
Ahead of the vote, dozens of Californians passionately testified against the bill, variously condemning it as "emancipation of 12 year olds," "heinous," and "dangerous." But the bill's authors dismissed the concerns as "misinformation" and "lies."
The bill's advance is the latest victory in a campaign by California Democrats to roll back parental rights, often in the name of allowing minors to choose their own gender. Other legislation making its way through the legislature would punish parents and foster parents who do not "affirm" children's transgender identity.
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