Posted on 06/17/2025 7:50:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Austria has been shaken by a legislative proposal that, if confirmed, would represent a true authoritarian shift: parents who refuse to allow their underage children to undergo genital modification surgeries (commonly known as “sex-change” procedures) could end up in prison. The measure has sparked a wave of outrage, with many seeing it as a direct attack on parental rights and plain common sense.
According to a report by ServusTV, a draft bill promoted by the SPÖ (Social Democrats) and Neos (Liberals) parties would impose penalties of up to €30,000 or one year in jail on anyone who questions a minor’s “gender transition”—including parents, doctors, or psychologists. In other words, simply advising caution regarding an irreversible decision could lead to criminal liability.
Although members of parliament have rushed to distance themselves from the proposal—SPÖ claims it is not a government bill, and the Greens are now being pointed to as the actual instigators—the fact is the text exists and, according to multiple sources, could be debated as early as this June. The political confusion and blame-shifting reflect an institutional chaos that only heightens public concern.
The proposal aims to prohibit even psychological treatment of gender dysphoria as a mental health condition. This would amount to a de facto ban on mental health professionals who do not align with the dominant gender ideology. Doctors who try to help young people reflect before making life-altering surgical decisions could be treated as criminals. Proponents, as in other Western countries, argue such approaches amount to “conversion therapy” and therefore qualify as “transphobia.”
The numbers are alarming: in 2011, only four minors in Austria underwent mastectomies for “gender reassignment;” by 2023, that number had surged to 128, many of whom now deeply regret their decision. Far from being a marginal phenomenon
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Open rebellion from the petulant left against God.
V.P. Vance will have a thing or three to say to the EU about this.
Oh wow. Pure evil.
Agreed. It’s like the 1683 Siege of Vienna but instead of Muslim armies from the outside, it’s the political left from the inside. Will there be a King Sobieski to save Austria this time too?
A parent can go to jail to protect their child from being mutilated. Perverse.
Yes I know how insane that sounds, but here we are.
You don’t hear about this happening to migrant children.
“population control,and plan to eradicate the white bourgeosie by communists using immigration and woke culture to take over western civilization by neutering & spaying white children to make them angry compliant worker bees and drones in their communist insurgency, while destroying the family in a way that same sex marriage failed to do.”——
those opposing it should arm themselves because their gov is about to step over a line they have no right to do- by declarign them criminals for havign opinions- Their gov is wagign war on law abidign citizens by making a right to free speech illegal!
What in the world happened to Australia? They used to be decent folks.
They’re Krauts. Look what happened to free speech under the nazis.
Land of Der Fuhrer, of course the fascists believe that children belong to the state and any interference will result in being sent to an internment camp.
I’m sure they are pushing this “for the people” like commies always do.
This will not end well for Austria at all.
Austria must have a lot of homos in the gov’t to have that much stroke.
Austrians, a dying race, have long been known as a people who prized their pet dogs over children. More good democrats.
NOT GOOD!
“Trans” surgeries for minors should be outlawed everywhere!
Article is about Austria.
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