(06-12-2023, 11:43 AM)quintessentone Wrote: How I interpret that Cali law is the parents will be charged with child abuse depending on the severity of the child's psychological state and whether or not it is severe enough to lead to suicide.
How I interpret it is that it's State political interference in personal matters, same as the states that outlaw any care at all. Both are the same to me - State interference in personal matters, where the State has no right to a say. In both of those cases, specifically, it is State interference and negation of parental rights. It is, effectively, the State "removing" children from parental care while still requiring the parents to foot the bills for that care and provide it.
That would constitute a "constructive taking", which is Constitutionally unsound, in both cases.
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