State Legislatures Act to Protect Children and Secure Parental Rights

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrates signing into law provisions that would ban certain discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in school classrooms from kindergarten to third grade, on March 28, 2022. Courtesy of Florida Governor's Office

Twenty-seven state legislatures across the country are considering more than 100 bills to protect children from gender-transition treatments and other complications resulting from gender identity issues. Many of the bills do away with the use of ungrammatical personal pronouns and keep boys from using girls’ restrooms and competing in girls’ sports.

A proposed bill (HB 1223) is before the Florida House of Representatives that would establish the legal definition that a person’s sex “is an immutable biological trait.”