Texas Father loses Legal Battle to Prevent his ex-wife from Chemically Castrating his Son
Jeffrey Younger received national attention a year ago when his custody battle between him and his ex-wife, Anne Georgulas, went viral. Georgulas claimed that their seven-year-old child, James, identified as a girl and wanted to be called Luna. Georgulas claimed that she believed James to be a girl because he liked Frozen, wanted to wear dresses, and want girl toys while at McDonald’s.
Not only did Younger disagree with the notion that a seven year old has the capacity to identify as transgender, he did not believe James even wanted to associate with female traits. In a viral video last year, Younger asks his son James “who told you you’re a girl,” to which the child responds, “mommy.”
In a heated custodial debate that received nationwide attention, Younger lost his joint custody of his children. Georgulas was awarded custody, and Younger received limited visitations rights. After a judge ruling in October, both parents were granted “joint managing conservatorship” that gave Younger the ability to have a say in his child’s medical treatment.
In December, it was revealed that Georgulas was taking their children to California, which has deemed itself a “sanctuary state” for children seeking medical transitions. After seeing this, Younger wrote in a petition to regain his rights of custody. But the Supreme Court of Texas has now ruled against Younger, who sought to prevent his ex-wife from taking their son to California to be medically transitioned before the legal age of consent.
According to the Post Millennial,
“[Younger] wanted the courts to stop his ex-wife from taking the children to California and to protect his boys from medical mutilation at the hands of their mother, who is a pediatrician. The courts prevented him from forcing the mother to bring the boys back from California. Younger has accused her of using the children to help advertise her ‘inclusive,’ ‘gender affirming’ practice.”
Effective January 1, California has passed a law which “offers refuge” to transgender children and families seeking medial treatment. The law passed will “prohibit the enforcement of an order based on another state’s law authorizing a child to be removed from their parent or guardian based on that parent or guardian allowing their child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care.”
Texas does not allow the medical transition of minors, but the California law seeks to protect children and families seeking refuge from their home state laws which prevent the medical transition of minors and might seek to require the family or child to return to that home state. This effectively means that California will not enforce the joint custody order given to Younger and Georgulas established by Texas.
This story has received nationwide attention for a number of reasons. From a legal perspective, there are many questions raised about California’s ability to override a Texas court order. But the greater concern is an ethical one: Younger is doing everything he can to prevent the chemical castration and abuse of his child. Yet despite this, our legal system is not only preventing him from doing so, it is actively taking his child away from him.
