Seymour Flops
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A Montana lawmaker suggested she’d rather risk her child’s suicide than let her transition
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."

“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. “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.
She continued, "I was not going to let her tear apart my family and I was not going to let her tear apart me because I had to be strong for her, I had to have a vision for her life when she had none, was incapable of having none."
What's next? "I identify as a Corvette driver, so if you don't buy me one, I'll hold my breath until I turn blue?"
The headline was a lie, as is so common with NBC and other outlets writing about this issue. Seekins-Crowe did not suggest she'd rather risk her child' suicide than let her transition. She stated that her child is already at risk for suicide (and who is not?), but that she would not give her child carte blanche to make adult decisions because of it.
Duh! Suicidal kids are less likely to make good decisions, not more likely to make good decisions.