It assumes that what is in the best interest of the child is to affirm their feelings of gender dysphoria with a name change, and that the court can consider th

It assumes that what is in the best interest of the child is to affirm their feelings of gender dysphoria with a name change, and that the court can consider this and grant a name change over the parent's objections. Why am I against this? It is against parental rights. It takes away the rights of a parent to name their child and raise them as they see fit, and hands it to the state. I won't even get into what happens with children experiencing gender dysphoria and how the mental health profession is (mis)handling the vast majority of these by affirming the child's dysphoria, and the pressure parents receive that if they do not affirm their child's desire to transition they are putting them at mortal risk. I don't agree with any of this for children who cannot consent to any other things, legally, until they reach the age of majority. Once they do, it's up to them how to live their lives (with, or without, their parents' support). Nor is this to say I do not believe children have rights, but I see what these family courts do and in a lot of cases how biased they are, I do not think anything good would come of this law pure and simple.