Critics of the so-called Equality Act say it would undermine women's rights, enshrine abortion funding, and violate parental rights, forcing doctors to ignore parents and give kids transgender operations.

The House of Representatives is likely to pass the Equality Act Friday, a bill opponents say doesn't live up to the name, warning there is far more to it than meets the eye.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) calls the legislation "the most invasive threat to a parent's involvement in children's medical decisions he's seen" during his entire time in Congress.

"The son can actually go to a doctor without the parents' involvement at all, even if the parents object vocally," Scalise told CBN News. "Under this bill, the doctor has to treat the boy to ultimately transfer over to be a female."

Scalise adds these are kids of all ages – not just teenagers.

"I'm not talking about 18, 19, 20-year-olds – I'm talking about 11 and 12-year-olds," he continued.

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) tells CBN News this is already happening in some states where laws similar to the Equality Act already exist.

"In Ohio, there were parents who had their parental rights taken away from them because they refused to go along with giving hormone treatments to their teenage child," cautioned Hartzler.

And she says in cases where doctors refused to perform these surgeries, they faced legal repercussions.

"We have other states who have sued hospitals, faith-based hospitals who have not gone along with doing a sex change operation on a child, and they're being sued for discrimination," explained Hartzler.