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Parents’ Rights: Why a Judge Stopped California From Concealing Children’s ‘Gender Transition’ From Parents

Parents’ Rights: Why a Judge Stopped California From Concealing Children’s ‘Gender Transition’ From Parents
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Rob Natelson
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A federal court on Dec. 22 barred California public education officials from misleading parents about their children’s “gender presentation in school.” The court’s injunction bars officials from lying to parents, denying them access to their children’s school records, or using pronouns or names for a child at school that are different from what they use when speaking with parents.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.