As the progressive agenda continues to take hold in our nation, God-given rights are being trampled.
Among these is the right of parents to have authority over their children in order to protect their safety and ensure their well-being.
And one mother is running out of time in a fight in which all of her rights have been disregarded, putting her child in harm’s way.
Anmarie Calgaro was shocked to find that her son wanted to change his biological gender.
Since he was still a minor at 17, Calgaro denied his requests, knowing that many children and teens are trying harmful “gender reassignment” in a cry for help or because it has become “trendy.”
Children are being indoctrinated in public schools that gender is not assigned at birth, but is rather a choice – and more often than not, they are encouraged to experiment with their gender “identity.”
While Calgaro struggled with what her son was feeling, she was in for the shock of her life when the local school district, public health department, and other agencies went over her head and “helped” her son without parental consent.
At 17, they believed that he was old enough to make this life-altering decision and decided to treat him as if he were an emancipated minor.
But the problem is, Calgaro was never given any legal notice or hearing to that effect.
In fact, she never even knew that her son – wishing to transition to a female – was already being treated by two local medical facilities against her wishes.
As soon as she knew what was going on, she worked to stop the dangerous hormonal treatments and other transitional “services” being provided to her minor child.
Her authority as his mother was flagrantly ignored at every turn by the school, the medical community, and local agencies.
Calgaro filed a suit against St. Louis County agencies, and a non-profit public interest firm, as well as a local law firm, agreed to take the case on her behalf.
“It’s a parent’s worst nightmare… [a child] becoming a pawn in someone else’s sociopolitical agenda and being influenced by those who have no legal or moral right to usurp the role of a parent,” Special Counsel Erick Kaardal said, according to LifeSite News.
Being seventeen years old means that one is legally still a minor and under the guidance and legal and physical custody of the parent or parents.
This nightmare scenario is occurring more frequently in our nation as rabid progressives work to groom a new generation to carry on their agenda.
They work to provide abortions to teen girls without parental consent and to give vulnerable children the “right” to permanently damage their physical and mental health in order to create a new norm.
And they aim to destroy the family and traditional values, putting parents on the chopping block as government agencies – in the left’s back pocket – take over.
It’s too frightening to even imagine this happening to parents in America – but Anmarie Calgaro knows all too well that it already is.
In May of 2017, a judge dismissed Calgaro’s lawsuit because her parental rights had indeed never been legally terminated.
But he also said that the treatment of her son as an emancipated minor – whether legal or not – did not violate her constitutional rights.
It’s unbelievable and contradictory, and it’s what many agencies and courts all over the country are doing every day – finding loopholes that trample our God-given rights and cave to the “new norm” in America.
Calgaro lost her appeal this past spring when a Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the original court’s decision.
In Minnesota, a statute is in place that allows a county to treat a minor as emancipated – and ignore any parental input in medical or legal decisions – if the child is deemed to be able to support themselves.
And even if Calgaro’s legal options are still open, it may be a moot point. Her son will likely be a legal adult of 18 before she sees any justice.
Her attorneys say it is ridiculous that her parental rights are being “admitted, but not honored” or that the agencies involved “did nothing wrong,” in the eyes of the courts.
Calgaro is not giving up the fight to save her son.
She is taking her case to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she hopes that her fundamental rights as a parent will be upheld and protected against government interference by the Constitution’s Due Process clauses.
We pray it won’t be too late for her child, but her fight may protect other parents who face a similar nightmare.
Mommy Underground will keep you updated on any developments in this case.
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