2024.08.03 Show - Parental Rights Amendment, Protect Our Kids

The Jen Charlton Show

Guests:

• Deborah Brocato, Founder, Health Not Harm Maryland
• Pastor Shannon Wright, GOP Mayoral Candidate for Baltimore City (2024), For more information and to support Shannon for Mayor, go to: www.Wright4Maryland.com

The Maryland Constitutional Amendment that has been put on the ballot for the 2024 Presidential General Election obfuscates the intention of the bill by claiming it is an "abortion issue" and seeks to codify it for all time in our Constitution beyond the already existing bill that passed in 1991. The 1991 bill gave full access to abortion in Maryland for the full 9 months and beyond. The language of "prevent" and the nonspecific gender information in the current Amendment is broad and vague, allowing for expansion to cover transgender health. The outcome of the Amendment will be to destroy the fundamental expectations of God-given parental rights and deny basic informed consent of the parents and guardians to oversee the health and well-being of the children in their care.

Jen, Deborah and Shannon discuss the concerns and opposition to this far reaching and widely deceptive bill that intends to mislead the voters into believing this is "merely" an abortion amendment. The ballot states, "The proposed amendment confirms an individual's fundamental right to reproductive freedom including but not limited to the ability and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end the individual's pregnancy, and provides the state may not, directly or indirectly, deny, burden, or abridge the right unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means."

Two important points to mention are that the ballot language attempts to guide voters as it states "confirms", yet there is nothing to confirm, in order to encourage a "yes. In fact, there is nothing to confirm, only to choose yes or no, and we strongly urge you to just Vote "NO!"

Further it asserts a new "right" but leaves out any mention of gender specifically for women, pregnancies and choices associated with being pregnant and the health of the mom and the unborn. So this Amendment will not protect children due to the broad language of "reproductive health" that tends to open the gates up to the transgender movement. Additionally, Parental Rights will be "reassigned" to strangers or non-family members. The Health care system and medical providers offering reassignment treatments are huge beneficiaries of this reassignment industry. The process of medical care through reassignment treatments, surgeries and services can cost up to $800,000 per patient over a lifetime.

This Amendment language may obligate taxpayers to pay for "Gender Reassignment" treatments and services. The children may be led to choose irreversible disfiguration and mutilation, sanctioned by the government and hidden from parents, and may be subject to a lifetime of mental health issues. All this can result in catastrophic, long-term health and wellness issues for the child after stripping Parental Rights. This is unconstitutional, immoral and unethical and MUST NOT PASS. Please VOTE "NO".

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