Supreme Court ruling on secretive California gender policy could reshape parent rights fights nationwide

Supreme Court temporarily blocks California gender policies that prevented schools from notifying parents about children's gender identity discussions.

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"Parents in California should be very excited that the law that they have on the books to keep secrets from parents will no longer be in effect," DeAngelis said, adding, "This precedent is surely a sign of good things to come. If there's a lawsuit that arises in another state, you can be pretty sure that the Supreme Court is going to rule on the side of families."

The case, Mirabelli v. Bonta, arose from a lawsuit brought by California parents and teachers who argued that the state's policy violated their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment and religious freedom rights under the First Amendment. The parents said the policy prevented school administrators from telling them about their child’s potential efforts to engage in gender transitioning unless the child consented to it. The policy also required school staff to use a student’s preferred name and pronouns regardless of the parents’ wishes.