A Swiss court has ordered parents who object to their daughter’s gender transition at hand over legal documents supporting her medical transition.
The parents, whose identities haven’t been revealed, lost their appeal against handing over the documents on the Court of Justice in Geneva this week and now run the chance of criminal charges in the event that they refuse to achieve this.
Their daughter, now 16, first said she desired to grow to be a boy in 2021 when she was 13. At the time, they refused to permit her to take puberty blockers but her school let her socially transition against their wishes.
The parents, who’re being supported by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), have already been separated from their daughter for a yr after a court ordered that she be placed in a government-funded youth shelter.
According to ADF, the parents were also blocked by the courts from making medical decisions for his or her child. They were then sued to offer essential legal documents for her medical transition.
The father, speaking on condition of anonymity, said, “We are deeply saddened that this nightmare situation continues.
“Not only has the state separated us from our daughter because we objected to her ‘transition,’ but we at the moment are being threatened with criminal charges if we don’t aid in her ‘legal transition’ by handing over legal documents.
“The state mustn’t have this power. If this may occur to us, it might occur to other parents. We won’t quit attempting to protect our daughter and can seek to appeal this decision.”
ADF’s lead lawyer on the case, Dr Felix Böllmann, said the ruling was “a grave injustice” and that Switzerland should follow the UK in moving to ban the usage of puberty blockers on minors.
“[The parents] have every right to withhold their consent to a so-called ‘sex change’, given the vulnerable state of the minor concerned and that such a step could pave the best way for harmful and potentially irreversible physical ‘transition’,” he said.
“The court should uphold the rights of oldsters acting in the very best interest of their child, as an alternative of weaponizing the law to advance dangerous ideologies that drive a wedge between parents and youngsters and increase the likelihood of psychological and bodily harm.
“Swiss authorities should look to what is going on within the nearby UK, where the country’s High Court has just ruled that a ban on ‘puberty blockers’ is lawful and will soon grow to be everlasting.
“Switzerland should follow the UK’s example and ultimately restore parental rights.”
