A California bill proposes allowing mental health professionals to remove children as young as 12 from their parents and place them in residential shelter facilities without the parents' knowledge or consent.
Minnesota lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that would establish the state as a "trans refuge" for children who are seeking transgender medical procedures but who may be denied "gender-affirming care" in other states.
On Thursday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed two bills into law that make his state the first in the US to mandate that social media companies obtain parental consent for anyone under 18 years of age before they can use their apps.
"Powerful corporations who wield unmatched, highly concentrated technology in pursuit of profit are knowingly creating this unprecedented mental health crisis," the lawsuit asserts.
Pharmaceutical companies are paying TikTok influencers to market prescription drugs to young people, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, which calls for increased transparency and regulation in the use of patient influencers for pharmaceutical marketing, particularly when it comes to targeting young people.
The California Assembly Judiciary Committee will hear a controversial bill, AB 957, which aims to encourage state judges to disregard parental objections to gender and name changes for minors who identify as transgender, sparking a heated debate on parental rights and the role of government in family matters.
