California’s newly revised bill treats parents who refuse to “affirm their child’s” gender identity in the context custody disputes as violating health, safety and welfare.

The bill, which has already passed the State Assembly, would require judges adjudicating such disputes over transgender-identifying children to favor the parent who “affirms” the child’s preferred identity. The authors of the updated version released it earlier this week. It includes “a parent affirming the child’s identity as a gender” in the definition of “the child’s health, safety and welfare”.

It takes little to say that non-affirmation is abuse, because you are not caring for the health, welfare and safety of your child if you don’t affirm them, said Erin Friday. She is a San Francisco lawyer and the co-leader of the parent coalition Our Duty.

A.B. 957, the amended bill is part of a series of legislations that seek to enshrine left-wing gender ideology in California law. The bill, known as A.B. 957 is the latest of a series of bills that seek to embed left-wing gender ideologies in California law. Scott Wiener, a Democratic state senator who authored A.B. The bill, which was co-authored by Assemblywoman Lori Wilson and Scott Wiener (D.), would force foster parents to “affirm the trans-identification of their children. He introduced in 2022 a law that would make California the first state to allow minors from out of state to undergo sex change without parental consent.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R.) declared last year that helping kids get sex changes is child abuse. Greg Abbott (R.), declared last year, that helping children get sexchanges is child abuse.

Wilson’s spokesperson denied that the most recent revision changed much about the bill, and pointed out that A.B. 957 is only applicable to criminal law and not family law.

Taylor Woolfork said that “[affirmation] was not the most important or determining factor.” It’s just one factor that a judge will consider when negotiating a custody arrangement.

The office of Wiener did not reply to a comment request.

A.B. The Assembly passed 957 in late March, with 51 Democrats voting for it. However, 16 mostly Democratic legislators abstained from voting. The latest changes to the bill have been made public ahead of its first Senate committee hearing on Monday.

The updated language doesn’t define affirmation, but it does tell judges to take into account anything less from parents, just like their history of drug or alcohol abuse, physical abuse, and neglect of a children. The bill does not make any distinctions based on the age of the child, whether or not a child has been transgender for a long time, or whether they have affirmed social transition as opposed to medical sex change treatments.

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“It is not a huge leap, it’s just a small step,” said Friday. “We know where they’re going with it.” “I didn’t believe the bill could be worse, but it was.”