Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappTelegramEmail 4.5K [articletop] The Washington state House approved a bill that would authorize state agencies to hide children seeking transgender medical intervention from parents. On April 12, House lawmakers debated Senate Bill 5599 (pdf), which creates an exemption for the state that grants it the right to not be required to notify parents of minors who have left their homes because their parents wouldn’t let them pursue gender transition medical procedures. In a video statement after the vote, Republican state Rep. Chris Corry said the bill “erodes parental rights in the state of Washington.” More Articles You Would Love 8 Very Important Things To Discovering About Yourself Before Entering A Relationship Is Ghana Fashion And Design Week 2015 Cancelled? Gh Fashionistas Wonder About #GFDW2015 “Essentially what the bill would do would be if a child left a parents’ home for certain medical care and went to a shelter or host family, that shelter or host family would not be required to notify the parents of their child’s whereabouts,” Corry said. “This is obviously a fundamental violation of parental rights and something that’s deeply concerning for parents across Washington state.” State Rep. Peter Abbarno, a Republican, said the crux of the debate over the bill was whether the state be permitted to “essentially hide where the child is.” Most parents, Corry said, would “go to the ends of the earth to find their child” if they disappeared after an argument. “And the fact that we have a bill that may become law that would say, ‘we’re not going to tell you,’ was really just a bridge too far for us,” Corry said. Corry told The Epoch Times that, under the bill, a disagreement between a child and parents over the child’s desire for a medical transition constitutes “abuse and neglect,” only because the parent hasn’t “properly affirmed what the child wants.” Corry said there are already laws that protect children from abuse and neglect in the state that require “solid and compelling reasons” why children would need to be removed from their homes. “What’s frustrating is even in those cases, the parents still have a right to know where their kids are after they’ve been removed,” Corry said. “In this case, parents would have no idea.” Source: Epoch Times Read More Like This On [penci_button link=”https://www.fashionghana.com/category/african-fashion-news/about-outside/” icon=”fa fa-address-book” icon_position=”left” radius=”5px” size=”small” text_color=”#ecd29a” text_hover_color=”#ffffff” background=”#111111″ hover_bgcolor=”#000000″]Outside Africa[/penci_button] [penci_button link=”https://www.fashionghana.com/category/african-fashion-news/politics/” icon=”fa fa-address-book” icon_position=”left” radius=”5px” size=”small” text_color=”#ecd29a” text_hover_color=”#ffffff” background=”#111111″ hover_bgcolor=”#000000″]Politics[/penci_button] UPCOMING PRIORITY EVENTS! [penci_button link=”https://www.fashionghana.com/events/” icon=”fa fa-address-book” icon_position=”left” radius=”5px” size=”small” text_color=”#ecd29a” text_hover_color=”#ffffff” background=”#111111″ hover_bgcolor=”#000000″]VIEW ALL EVENTS[/penci_button][articlebottom] Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappTelegramEmail FashionGHANA Admin FashionGHANA.com is a Fashion PR Company, Events planning & management team as well as Africa's leading Fashion Media House. Get Intouch with us and let's see how we can help you grow. info@FashionGHANAcom More For You BRICS Banknote Unveiled In Kazan Russia & How Accra Fashion Week’s Involvement Can... VIDEO: Nana Kwame Bediako Criticizes Ghanaian Protestors Brutalized By Police From The Comfort... Nana Akufo-Addo Receives Global Citizen Award From Europeans Whilst Ghanaians Label Him A... 100’s Of Law Abiding Ghanaians Citizens Set To Protest Nana Akufo Addo’s Gvt... VIDEO: If You’re Not Aware Of Galamsey, Watch Influencer Hamamat Break Down Ghana’s... Andrew Tate Goes Viral for Calling Out Ugandan TV Presenter Simon Kaggwa Njala... VIDEO: 18 Yr Old Ghanaian Schoolboy Stabbed To Death Over Petty Student Argument;... VIDEO: Journalist Berla Mundi Goes Viral After Exposing Nana Akufo-Addo’s Complicity In Galamsey... VIDEOS: Watch Videos Of European & American Victims Of MonkeyPox & 5 Notes... VIDEO: London Shuts Down for Ashanti Royalty In Historic Akwasidae Celebration Courtesy Of...