Rep Mary Miller Introduces Bill to Prevent States from Removing Kids from Christian Parents Over Gender Identity US Rep Mary Miller has introduced a new bill aimed at preventing the removal of children from Christian parents who oppose gender-transition procedures The Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act would prohibit the removal of children from parents who raise them according to their biological sex or oppose gender-transition procedures It would also prohibit denying foster or adoptive placements solely because prospective parents would raise a child according to the child's biological sex Rep Mary Miller R-IL introduced a bill to stop states from removing children from fit parents over disputes about gender identity The Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act would bar federally funded state child-welfare agencies from taking children solely because their parents raise them according to their biological sex or oppose gender-transition procedures It would also prohibit denying foster or adoptive placements solely because prospective parents would raise a child according to the child's biological sex Raising your son as a boy or your daughter as a girl is fundamental to parenthood not child abuse MillerThe Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act defends the constitutional rights of mothers and fathers and stops bureaucrats from using taxpayer-funded child-welfare systems to tear children away from loving families she added The legislation is named after Yaeli Martinez a California teenager who was separated from her mother during a dispute over her gender identity according to Millers office Martinez spent years in the states child-welfare system before dying by suicide in 2019 at age 19 Millers proposal addresses several stages of the child-welfare process from allegations of abuse to custody decisions and foster or adoptive placements Under the measure a parents decision to raise a child according to the childs biological sex would not by itself constitute child abuse State child-welfare systems receiving federal funding would also be prohibited from removing a child from an otherwise fit parent solely on that basis The placement protections would apply to foster and adoptive families as well Agencies could not reject a family solely because its members affirm a child's biological sex The bill would amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and several child-welfare provisions of the Social Security Act Its stated protections cover parents who decline social medical or surgical gender-transition interventions for their children Millers announcement also identifies changes to the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act intended to prevent states from improperly asserting custody over a child in disputes covered by the legislation The proposal would tie compliance to federal funding and provide a private right of action for violations That provision would allow people whose protected rights were violated to bring a lawsuit giving families a way to challenge conduct prohibited by the measure. Rep Mary Miller R-IL introduced a bill to stop states from removing children from fit parents over disputes about gender identity The Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act would bar federally funded state child-welfare agencies from taking children solely because their parents raise them according to their biological sex or oppose gender-transition procedures It would also prohibit denying foster or adoptive placements solely because prospective parents would raise a child according to the child's biological sex Raising your son as a boy or your daughter as a girl is fundamental to parenthood not child abuse MillerThe Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act defends the constitutional rights of mothers and fathers and stops bureaucrats from using taxpayer-funded child-welfare systems to tear children away from loving families she added The legislation is named after Yaeli Martinez a California teenager who was separated from her mother during a dispute over her gender identity according to Millers office Martinez spent years in the states child-welfare system before dying by suicide in 2019 at age 19 Millers proposal addresses several stages of the child-welfare process from allegations of abuse to custody decisions and foster or adoptive placements Under the measure a parents decision to raise a child according to the childs biological sex would not by itself constitute child abuse State child-welfare systems receiving federal funding would also be prohibited from removing a child from an otherwise fit parent solely on that basis The placement protections would apply to foster and adoptive families as well Agencies could not reject a family solely because its members affirm a child's biological sex The bill would amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and several child-welfare provisions of the Social Security Act Its stated protections cover parents who decline social medical or surgical gender-transition interventions for their children Millers announcement also identifies changes to the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act intended to prevent states from improperly asserting custody over a child in disputes covered by the legislation The proposal would tie compliance to federal funding and provide a private right of action for violations That provision would allow people whose protected rights were violated to bring a lawsuit giving families a way to challenge conduct prohibited by the measure