Legalized "transgender trafficking" proposed in ME and HI
There are 17 states, including the District of Columbia that have enacted “Shield Laws,” allowing minor children from other states to receive “gender affirming care” and abortions, while shielding providers from any kind of legal action from the child’s home state.
The latest state to propose a Shield Law is Maine.
LD 227 is also known as the “shield law”, which has been enacted into several other states including California and Washington. The shield law literally shields providers and anyone helping a minor child access abortion or “gender affirming care” from any kind of legal action, circumventing and disregarding the laws of the child’s home state (think Idaho child goes with adult who is not their parent to Washington for puberty blocking hormones – there is no legal recourse).
A letter to the Maine legislature from 15 Attorneys General stated, “Maine has every right to decide what Maine’s laws are and how those laws should be enforced. But that same right applies to every State. One State cannot control another. The totalitarian impulse to stifle dissent and oppress dissenters has no place in our shared America.”
LD 227 has a work session on Thursday, March 21st. You can take action to oppose this bill by emailing the members of the committee. More details on LD 227 and action steps: https://conservativeladiesofamerica.com/maines-proposed-shield-law-allows-transgender-trafficking-of-children/
Meanwhile, Hawaii has a proposed bill that is very similar in nature. HB 2079 claims to provide access to “gender affirming care” for minors, but it has numerous loopholes that would actually allow for kidnapping of the minor child. Take a look at the loophole below that would allow the state of Hawaii emergency jurisdiction over the child if the child has been unable to obtain “gender affirming care”
SECTION 16. Section 583A-204, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) A court of this State [
has] shall have temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this State and the child has been abandoned or it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because [the]:(1) The child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse[
.]; or(2) The child has been unable to obtain gender‑affirming health care services."
HB 2079 also allows for telehealth providers to prescribe cross-sex hormones and puberty blocking drugs without in person visits with the patient and allows for out of state patients to be treated by Hawaii providers.
§329- Prescriptions; gender-affirming health care services. (a) Notwithstanding this chapter or any other law to the contrary, for the purposes of providing gender‑affirming health care services, a practitioner who is licensed in this State may prescribe schedule III and IV controlled substances, including testosterone:
(1) While the practitioner is located outside the State; and
(2) Without conducting an in‑person consultation with the patient; provided that the practitioner shall prescribe the controlled substances via a synchronous audio-visual telehealth interaction
So long as the minor child (age 14+) is seeking “gender affirming care” the parents will have no authority over the child’s treatment and potentially would lose custody of the child.
Please read the in-depth article by Austin Martin, chair of Hawaii Libertarian Party. He’s documented ALL the loopholes in this bill - there are many and I’ve only highlighted a couple. https://www.hawaiifreepress.com/Articles-Main/ID/40674/HB2079-Would-Legalize-Child-Kidnapping-for-Sex-Change
We have a duty, regardless what state we’re in to protect these children from the radical left, queer cult. That is what they are. They seek to steal, kill and destroy these children and alienate them from loving families.