A Montana lawmaker suggested she'd rather risk her child's suicide than let her transition

[riversedge]

Source: nbc news




State Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe said in a floor debate in March that her daughter "was suicidal for three years" and when asked if she'd do anything to save her, her answer was "no."

April 28, 2023, 11:21 AM CDT By Rebecca Shabad

A recent comment by a Montana Republican state lawmaker who sponsored legislation to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors has gone viral and drawn backlash online.

State Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe, R-Billings, suggested during a floor debate that she would rather risk her daughter — who she indicated was transgender and had suicidal ideations — dying by suicide than allow her to transition.

"One of the big issues that we have heard today and we've talked about lately is that without surgery the risk of suicide goes way up. Well, I am one of those parents who lived with a daughter who was suicidal for three years," Seekins-Crowe said in her remarks in March. "Someone once asked me, 'Wouldn't I just do anything to help save her?' And I really had to think and the answer was, 'No.'"

"I was not going to give into her emotional manipulation because she was incapable of making those decisions and I had to make those decisions for her," Seekins-Crowe said................

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/montana-state-lawmakers-remarks-trans-daughter-draws-backlash-rcna81983

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It is so hard to believe that a mother would even think this --rather than help her child.
The mother needs help.




Someone once asked me wouldn’t I just do anything to help save her ...& I really had to think..& my answer was NO’

This is Rep KERRI SEEKINS-CROWE Billings MONTANA on how she would rather her transgender daughter commit suicide than transition

JFC

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Montana State Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe.

[maxsolomon]

1. I asked this yesterday.

I don't see where she said explicitly that her daughter was Transgender.

She said that 1. without surgery, the risk of suicide for Trans kids goes up, then 2. her daughter was suicidal for 3 years, but she had a line for how far she'd go in "doing anything" to save her.

I can see that it's implied, but did she say it elsewhere more definitively?

[barbtries]

8. from the OP:

State Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe, R-Billings, suggested during a floor debate that she would rather risk her daughter — who she indicated was transgender and had suicidal ideations — dying by suicide than allow her to transition.

[maxsolomon]

13. I guess. The reporter linked the 2 with "indicated".

But I'm not hearing that in the video.

[barbtries]

19. well you are correct. I don't know the answer.

Seekins-Crowe did not say that her daughter identified as transgender, but said she was “one of those parents who lived with a daughter who was suicidal for three years.” "One of the big issues that we have heard today and we've talked about lately is that without surgery the risk of suicide goes way up.

i think it was msn. know it was google. I do wonder how her child is doing. All she's giving up is that the child was suicidal. I have not come across an instance where she specifically denied that gender dysphoria was an issue for the child. so i don't know.

[maxsolomon]

22. Yeah, it's peculiar

because the headlines, posts and comments are all assuming she was denying Gender-Affirming Care. maybe she was, but that's not what she said.

she said she wasn't going to give in to her kid's emotional manipulations, which isn't 100% unreasonable.

I hope her daughter's OK now. adolescence is hard.

[SouthernDem4ever]

35. Maybe the reporter had previous background info on her daughter?

But I'm speculating.

[Turbineguy]

2. How very Old-Testament.

At least she didn't murder the child.

[AllaN01Bear]

18. family could have kicked her out of the house .

[IronLionZion]

3. Sounds pro-life

Good Christian values always emphasize smiting and wrath more than love and understanding.

[Hekate]

4. Sick. How old is her child now? I hope there is support somewhere to help them leave at 18...

…and never return. I hope they find strength to overcome a mother’s rejection.

[SouthernDem4ever]

36. My first thought too - sick.

I hope her daughter can find happiness in life without her mother.

[LakeVermilion]

5. Because the child was a minor, she got to choose, but...

by sponsoring legislation, she is taking the choice from every other family. She is imposing her "choice" on all present and future families in Montana.

So "big government" of her.

[barbtries]

6. her poor daughter.

son? I want an update on the child's condition.

horrifyingly bad mother, bad person, of course she's republican

[dickthegrouch]

7. There was another thread about this yesterday

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17866270

Hardly LBN.

[atreides1]

9. Okay

She must be a fan of Susan Smith...

[Dorn]

10. She sounds like a danger to her children, the state should investigate and verify they are safe

What an awful thing for Kerri to say.

[LiberalFighter]

15. That would be the appropriate thing to do.

[rurallib]

11. "spent hours on the floor in prayer"

She sure could have used that time much more productively getting to know her daughter.

Prayer makes it look like she is doing something while she does nothing. What a waste of a human.
Whatever happens I hope her daughter survives and thrives despite her crappy mother.

[lonely bird]

20. Hours on the floor in prayer

Well, that makes everything better then.

Or not.

How about talking with your child, asshat?

[Kennah]

12. God shoulda asked her instead of Abraham to sacrifice her kid

Bullet in the head quick

[2naSalit]

14. There's a co-relation here...

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/suicide-rates-by-state

Top three: Wyoming @ 29.3%/100,000; Alaska @ 28.5/100,000; Montana @ 26.2/100,000

[LiberalFighter]

16. I listened to her. She is not fit to be a parent

[OldBaldy1701E]

34. Very few of them are. (n/t)

[truthisfreedom]

17. I wonder how her voters feel about this.

Sounds like she’s not interested in having her child seen by a counselor… seems that would have been the first thing out of her mouth, if she’d brought her underage child to a doctor for help.

[maxsolomon]

24. the 43rd district is the NE outskirts of Billings.

Not the reddest district in the state, but solidly GOP. Her voters probably feel fine about it.

[MontanaMama]

21. Our thug governor is pushing anti-trans legislation

with the speed of a freight train and his own son pleaded with him not to go ahead with it. His son, David Gianforte, identifies as non-binary. These people are showing us who they are. We should believe them. The are not a pro-life party. They are pro-death for anyone who doesn't conform to their way of thinking and living.

[2naSalit]

28. The REAL death squads.

[electric_blue68]

23. That's horrific. That poor kid. Hopefully get out asap at 18

[Chainfire]

26. She acts as if her child was her personal property to dispose of as she wishes.

Good Republican, good Christian.

[tonekat]

27. These legislators are turning MT into NK

Another "hermit nation", with Republicans who sound as if left to their own devices will end up stoning people for being different.

[Initech]

29. This is the kind of hate speech that led to the Holocaust.

[paleotn]

30. She's evil incarnate.

This is the trash we're dealing with. And that's an insult to trash.

[keithbvadu2]

31. Is Kerri a 'biological' mother? It would make a difference to MTG.

[keithbvadu2]

32. Eve was the first transgender - by creation. For the Bible folks:::

Eve was the first transgender - by creation.

For the Bible folks:::

Eve was the first transgender. Originally 100% male.

God was OK with it.

[NullTuples]

33. THIS is exactly why it's so important for schools NOT to tell parents who don't already know.

These are the sort of parents that cause LGBTQ teens to either run away from home as young as 13 or commit suicide. And as indicated, the parents - in fact the entire local subculture - is okay with it. Oh, they're not okay with suicide because that's a sin, but then at least the "sin" is on the teen and not the parents for being cruel and abusive.