Washington, Oct. 5 -- Congresswoman Mary Miller issued the following press release:
Today, Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) introduced theYaeli Martinez Child Protection Act to protect parents from being punished by state child-welfare systems for affirming their child's biological sex or shielding them from irreversible medical procedures.
"Raising your son as a boy or your daughter as a girl is fundamental to parenthood, not child abuse," said Congresswoman Mary Miller. "The 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."
The legislation is named in honor of Yaeli Martinez, a...