An April 15 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) shows a screenshot of a tweet that includes a photo of Washington state Rep. Alicia Rule holding a microphone.
"BREAKING: Washington has passed a bill allowing children to be legally taken from their parents if their parents don't consent to their gender transition," reads the tweet.
The post generated over 3,000 likes in less than a week. An April 15 tweet with a similar claim shared by Donald Trump Jr. received over 20,000 likes.
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The bill referenced in the post does not allow the state to take a child from their parents' custody, according to multiple legal experts and the bill’s sponsor. Rather, it allows runaway and homeless youth seeking protected health care services to stay at temporary shelters without immediately notifying their parents.
On April 19, Washington lawmakers passed Senate Bill 5599, which allows runaway or homeless minors seeking gender-affirming treatment or reproductive care to temporarily stay at shelter without immediately notifying their parents. The bill has passed both houses of the state legislature but has not yet been signed into law.
But contrary to the post’s claim, the legislation won’t legally take a child from their parents,...
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