The Crown Prosecution Service has axed guidelines warning parents they could be taken to court for refusing to agree to specific demands from a transgender child.
Previous guidance indicated that a parent could face domestic abuse charges for 'withholding money for transitioning' from their offspring or 'refusing to use their preferred name or pronoun'.
The CPS said the revisions are 'intended to make as clear as possible how we will apply the law around domestic abuse' Broadly welcoming the move, Claire Lonergan, of Women's Rights Network, said they are 'disappointed that a significant amount of activist language remains'. It was forced to undergo a special review after dozens of trans activist groups wrote to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions umbrella body last year.
Welcoming the decision, EHRC chairwoman Baroness Falkner said: ‘We always believed there were inaccuracies in the submissions made against us. We are pleased... the accreditation committee agree that we continue to meet the highest standards. I can reassure all those we work with, and the British public we serve, that we take great pride in our independence from government.’
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