"The charges don't say if the couple actually planned on getting the child gender-affirming surgery in Cuba or how they would get it because that surgery isn't legal for children in Cuba."
"The FBI said that Blue Inessa-Ethington withdrew $10,000 from her checking account before leaving. Agents also found at their home a note with instructions from a mental health therapist in Washington, D.C., 'to send the therapist the $10,000.00 and instructions on gender affirming medical care for children.'"
The Trump administration sent a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old child at the center of a custody dispute involving gender identity. The child's parent, Rose Inessa-Ethington, a transgender woman, is accused of international parental kidnapping after allegedly taking the child to Cuba without permission. Concerns arose regarding potential gender transition surgery for the child. The couple had traveled from Canada to Cuba, and evidence suggests financial preparations for medical care, although the legality of such surgery for minors in Cuba is unclear.
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