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Parental Rights Bills Advance Across the Nation

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Rebecca Hain: 513-479-3335

Email: info@saveservices.org

Parental Rights Bills Advance Across the Nation

WASHINGTON / March 28, 2023 – In a historic move, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of Rights Act this past Friday (1). The bill requires schools to notify parents of their rights regarding the education of their children, including the rights to review the curriculum, meet with teachers, inspect the books, and more (2).

Long-time observers say this is the first parental rights bill that has been ever approved by the House of Representatives.

Thus far in 2023, parental rights bills have been introduced in 25 states across the country. In some states, two or more parental rights bills are under consideration:

  1. Alaska – HB 105 and SB 96
  2. Alabama – HB 6
  3. Arizona – SB 1005
  4. Connecticut – SB 280, SB 269, SB 279, and SB 278
  5. Georgia – SB 88
  6. Hawaii – HB 1363
  7. Iowa – SF 496
  8. Indiana – HB 1407 and SB 413
  9. Louisiana – HB 152
  10. Maine – LR 1329
  11. Maryland – HB 666 and SB 566
  12. Minnesota – HF 682, HF 353, and SF 76
  13. Missouri – SB 4, HB 165, HB 482, SB 134, and S.J. Res 29
  14. Mississippi – HB 509
  15. North Dakota – HB 1403 and SB 2260
  16. Nebraska – LB 374
  17. New Hampshire – HB 10
  18. Ohio – HB 8
  19. Oklahoma – SB 95
  20. South Carolina – HB 3197, HB 3463, HB 3485, and SB 234
  21. Texas – HB 42, H.J.R 58, HB 631, SB 394, and SJR 29
  22. Utah – SB 93 and SB 100
  23. Virginia – HB 2170 and HB 1707
  24. Washington – SB 5024
  25. West Virginia – HB 3118

These bills reveal how parental rights has become a hot-button issue as growing numbers of parents from across the political spectrum express alarm over policies that allow schools to promote sexually charged agendas to students. Many of these policies are based on controversial interpretations of the federal Title IX law, which was originally intended to stop sex discrimination in schools (3).

Parental rights has become a bipartisan issue. For example, the New York Times published an article highlighting the concerns of parents in liberal Westchester County, NY, who were kept in the dark about their child’s gender dilemmas (4). In January, Democrat Jimmy Gomez of California established the first-ever Congressional Dads Caucus (5).

Links:

  1. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3916114-house-republicans-pass-parents-bill-of-rights/
  2. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22hr+5+parents%22%5D%7D&s=2&r=1
  3. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/network/parental-rights/
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/us/gender-identity-students-parents.html
  5. https://www.npr.org/2023/01/28/1151723607/democrats-congressional-dads-caucus
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Republican Lawmakers Lead National Movement to Thwart the ‘Gender Agenda’

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R. Stewart: 301-801-0608

Email: info@savesevices.org

Republican Lawmakers Lead National Movement to Thwart the ‘Gender Agenda’

WASHINGTON / March 8, 2023 – The “Gender Agenda” refers to the movement to promote gender transitioning, curtail parental rights, allow biological males to compete in women’s sports, curtail free speech, and diminish due process on college campuses. A major goal of the Gender Agenda is to overhaul the Title IX law to redefine sex to include “gender identity.”

Republican lawmakers across the country have been at the forefront of efforts to stop the Gender Agenda. Following is a listing of measures introduced thus far in Congress in 2023:

  1. Greg Steube: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 734) [1]
  2. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Protect Children’s Innocence Act (H.R. 8731) [2]
  3. Jeff Van Drew: My Choice, My Child Act of 2023 (H.R. 216) [3]
  4. Julia Letlow: Parents Bill of Rights (H.R.5) [4]
  5. Debbie Lesko: Parental Rights Amendment (H. J. Res 38) [5]
  6. Jim Banks: Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act (H.R. 1276) [6]
  7. Tim Scott: PROTECT Kids Act (S. 200) [7]
  8. Tommy Tuberville: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023 (S. 613) [8]

In addition, Congressman Jim Banks is spearheading a new group called the House Anti-Woke Caucus, now with over 25 members [9.

The following state-level bills already have been enacted into law in 2023:

  1. Tennessee: SB 0001 – Prohibits minors from receiving puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and transgender surgeries [10]
  2. Tennessee: HB 0009 – Outlaws drag shows in public spaces and restricts them to age-appropriate venues [11]
  3. South Dakota: Help Not Harm Act (HB 1080) – Prohibits certain medical and surgical interventions on minor patients [12]
  4. Mississippi: Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act (H.B. 1125) – Forbids any person to “knowingly provide gender transition procedures to any person under eighteen years of age” or “engage in conduct that aids or abets” such procedures. [13]

To date, SAVE has identified 82 bills in 28 states, including proposals that address Parental Rights (36 bills), Gender Transitioning (29 bills), and Women’s Sports (16 bills).

At the recent Conservative Political Action Conference held near Washington DC, SAVE sponsored a booth titled, “Stop the Gender Agenda.” [14] At the booth, 377 individuals signed a petition to Stop the Gender Agenda. Signers included the Lieutenant Governor of a southern state, a woman who transitioned to the male sex and later de-transitioned to being female, and other persons from Spain, Peru, Austria, Norway, Sweden, and Japan.

Links:

  1. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/734?s=2&r=7
  2. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8731/cosponsors
  3. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/216? q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Parents%22%5D%7D&s=2&r=6
  4. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5
  5. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/38?s=1&r=67
  6. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1276?s=3&r=1
  7. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/200
  8. https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2023-03/S613%20Protection%20of%20Women%20and%20Girls%20in%20Sports%20Act.pdf
  9. https://www.johnlocke.org/banks-emerges-as-leader-in-fight-against-the-woke/
  10. https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0008.pdf
  11. https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0002.pdf
  12. https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24100/249156
  13. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB1125.xml

14. https://www.saveservices.org/2022-policy/network/