A mother who lost custody of her adolescent daughter spoke out against a California bill that could hold parents in custody battles liable for child abuse if they refuse to “affirm” their son or daughter’s gender identity.
Chicago resident Jeannette Cooper, who lost custody of her then 12-year-old daughter in 2019, pushed back on the legislation during “The Ingraham Angle,” noting that discrepancies in beliefs are not a form of “abuse.”
“This is a big problem,” Cooper told Laura Ingraham Monday. “The biggest thing is that it’s a complete insult to children who are actually suffering by being beaten by their parents and suffering because they don’t have enough food in their house, or they don’t get actual medical attention for physical problems. So it must be some place of privilege that somebody can say that not using a pronoun that some child wants is some form of abuse.”
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“A difference in belief is not abuse,” she continued. “I think that children who are actually being abused in very material ways should be insulted by this.”
Cooper said her daughter, who she shares with her ex-husband, went for a routine visit with her father years ago and never came home.Â
She claimed her daughter wanted to identity as a male with a new name, and even after she affirmed her child with the name and correct pronouns, she said that “wasn’t enough.”
Cooper previously told FOX podcast host Ben Domenech that her daughter alleged she was in an unsafe environment, and she ultimately lost custody of her. She said she hasn’t seen her since March 2020.Â
“My daughter went to her dad’s house for a regular custodial visit. I had her six days a week, and she went for regular two or three-and-a-half-hour visit, and she never came back,” Cooper said. “She said that she was a boy, and she had a new name.”
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