Lack of ‘Affirmation’ Is Child Abuse: New Biden Rule Applies Transgender Standard to Foster Care

Transgender orthodoxy may soon become a litmus test for parenthood, according to the logic of a new policy working its way through the Department of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden. A new rule in HHS’ Administration for Children and Families would apply the idea that any lack of “affirmation” constitutes a form of child abuse to foster care placements. Once that idea takes root in foster care, child protective services agencies might start applying it more broadly. The rule would reinterpret the Social Security Act, which requires…

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Republican who signed anti-trans sports bill into law suggests gender-affirming care is child abuse

While conservatives have fanned faux hysteria about trans girls participating in girls’ sports teams, they’ve gotten a distressing amount of people on board for anti-trans rhetoric. Normalizing exclusion, discrimination, and “othering” always leads us… Daily Kos

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Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal Abuse – New York Times

New York Times Trump Talks of Bringing Back Rob Porter, Aide Accused of Spousal AbuseNew York TimesWASHINGTON — President Trump has stayed in touch with Rob Porter, the former White House staff secretary who stepped down after allegations that he had abused his two former wives came to light, according to three people familiar with the …and more » us politics – Google News

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GOP Squirms as Trump Veers Off Script With Abuse Remarks – New York Times

New York Times GOP Squirms as Trump Veers Off Script With Abuse RemarksNew York TimesThe frustration in the Republican political class is bursting forward. “For members or anybody else who cares about keeping control of Congress, if you find yourself talking about anything but the middle-class tax cut, shut up and stop talking,” fumed …and more » us politics – Google News

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