Switzerland’s highest court has decided parents separated from their daughter for refusing to endorse her gender “transition” must enable their child’s legal “sex change” or face the possibility of criminal charges.

The parents argued that both the Swiss Federal Constitution and international law protected their right to act in their daughter’s best interest by not enabling the legal change.

But the Supreme Court has now rejected their appeal.

A further appeal to the European Court of Human Rights is being considered to protect the parents’ rights to care for their daughter without state interference.

The child’s father reacted to the ruling: “We are heartbroken. We love our daughter and only want what’s best for her. We know this decision is not in her best interest.

“That we could face criminal charges for simply trying to care for our daughter shows how deeply embedded transgender ideology is in Swiss institutions and the real harms it causes,” he said.