City Journal <\/a>by author and writer Abigail Shrier, who calls the child \u201cDrew\u201d in the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe case began in 2019 but became public this month. Hudacko\u2019s wife, who supported the child\u2019s transition, had filed for divorce, according to the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The father expressed unease about hormone treatments, asking the judge \u201cto consider research that suggested puberty blockers could impair cognition and diminish bone density,\u201d Shrier reported. Hormone treatment, the father said, could make the child permanently infertile \u2013 a major concern if his child later decides to de-transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe wasn\u2019t even sure that his son had gender dysphoria,\u201d Shrier wrote. \u201cHe wanted to see his son \u2013 and he wanted this bullet train to slow down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The father remembered his child having a crush on a girl in the fifth grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c[D]o you think that being transgender is a sin?\u201d the judge asked, according to the court transcript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, of course, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a sin,\u201d the father replied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo you don\u2019t think that it\u2019s a sin,\u201d the judge said. \u201cBut you probably think that [Drew], if they are truly transgender, you would prefer that [Drew] not be transgender because, in our society, transgender people are the subject of a lot of discrimination. Would you agree with that?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI agree that transgender people suffer some discrimination and prejudice. I agree with that,\u201d the father answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The father acknowledged that the child \u201cmight be\u201d transgender, yet that alone was not enough for the judge to continue his parental rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt sounds to me that you would prefer that [Drew], when all is said and done, is just going through a phase,\u201d the judge said. \u201cIs that a fair assessment?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The father avoided answering the question, believing the judge was trying to trap him, Shrier reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn the three years I\u2019ve spent writing about families with transgender-identifying minors, the story of Ted Hudacko stood out as a case study of how gender ideology has infiltrated family law,\u201d Shrier wrote. \u201cIt also frames the unintended consequences of medical professionals\u2019 fudging science, rewriting medical definitions, and tolerating shoddy research to placate activists. At each stage, doctors may have thought: Where was the harm? And so, as a consequence, judges now decide the fate of children and their families based on phony, medically unsubstantiated metaphysics, as if it were factual that all adolescents have an immutable, ineffable \u2018gender identity,\u2019 knowable only to the adolescents themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year, the father was \u201cstunned\u201d to see a $209,820.34 charge on his insurance statement. It was the cost of a puberty-blocking implant and cross-sex hormone treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the judge failed to disclose that her own child is transgender \u2013 and that she, on social media, is publicly supportive. Shrier called it a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\u00a0California Policy Council<\/a>\u00a0says the case is a tragic example of \u201cgroupthink.\u201d \u201cThe system within our country and state that is meant to protect and establish justice has done the exact opposite,\u201d the council said. \u201cThis case should frighten and awaken our entire country. Our own judicial system is under attack by dangerous gender ideology, and if we don\u2019t boldly stand up now, the trend will continue, and parents\u2019 rights will be dependent on their wokeness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California father lost custody of his transgender-identifying 16-year-old child after declaring his opposition to hormone therapy and after the judge asked the dad if he believes transgenderism \u201cis a sin,\u201d according to a new report. The father, Ted Hudacko, expressed unconditional love for his biological son in court proceedings before California Superior Court Judge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":754,"featured_media":34914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cww7news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/silhouette-of-father-and-child-at-sunset-SBI-300335420.jpg?fit=700%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/754"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34915,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34913\/revisions\/34915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}