That’s been the refrain from the left for decades as they push one ill-conceived social experiment after another, always on the most vulnerable populations.
In my state it is now government policy for public educators to guide children into a life of profound disability and recurring medical costs, should they happen to repeat the ridiculous notions about left wing gender ideology that they’ve been taught by those same educators. If you browse my state’s website you’ll see all kinds of resources for teachers and school administrators to guide your child into a lifetime of medical treatment to accompany the mental and physical dysfunction of adopting a trans lifestyle. This is not hidden, it is proudly displayed on the Maine DOE website. If you read through it you will notice that at no point is it mentioned that they have a policy to inform parents about gender identity issues, because they have no such policy.
https://www.maine.gov/doe/LGBTQ
Maine has very recently passed a law to allow minors to consent to gender affirming care without parental approval. You have to ask, if these democrats believe it is good for 16 year-olds to begin this path behind their parents’ backs, why not 15? Why not 12? Why not 8?
How can they pay for it without parental consent? Well, our legislators have benevolently made sure that the path is still open. The children can, of course, consent not only to the treatment, but to the responsibility for paying for it as well. Maine state law explicitly says that the child is responsible for the costs incurred if given care as a minor without parental consent.
§1506. Financial responsibility
**Unless the parent or guardian expressly agrees to assume full or partial responsibility, a minor who consents to health care services as provided in this chapter is responsible for the costs of those services. *
*A minor may not be denied benefits or services to which the minor is entitled from a health care practitioner, health care provider, insurer or public agency because the minor has given the consent for those services as provided in this chapter. [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. C, §8 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, *
Pt. E, §2 (AFF).]
Okay, groomer.