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Is it child abuse to help your child transition to the other gender?  Or is it child abuse to prohibit your child’s transition to the other gender? Two states have passed legislation to clear up this dilemma towards the protection of children. But other states may be keeping parents out of the decision-making to allow for a child to follow further experimentation in this area. This type of experimentation on children is troubling at best, and potentially abusive and life-altering. Parents need to be allowed to parent their own children.

 Two states have passed a version of the model Defining Abuse Child Protection Act. They are Indiana (Senate Bill 143) and North Carolina (Senate Bill 442). These are links to the announcements about these new laws from Family Policy Alliance’s (FPA) state allies in those states, or what are known as state Family Policy Councils (FPCs). Both the Indiana Family Institute and the North Carolina Family Policy Council worked tirelessly to connect with and consult with legislators on passing these laws.  

FPA publicly endorses the model Defining Abuse Child Protection Act  and will be working to see many more states enact it in the coming years as a critical safeguard every state needs in order to protect their parents from increasing encroachment upon their rights by various lobbyists and the state agencies that have been captured by sexualizing children experiencing gender dysphoria. Even family courts and child protective services have very few if any legal anchors regarding these concerns. In fact the tragic case of an Indiana family of  M.C. and J.C. v. IDCS led to the bill’s passage. Parents need to be able to parent their own children.

If you are interested in policy work and its broader impact on parental rights visit Let Parents Parent.