NC Senate Republicans seek to define biological sex, dismiss gender identity

NC House bill would protect parental rights in raising children based on biological sex NC House bill would protect parental rights in raising children based on biological sex

A bill on the move in the North Carolina House this week aims to protect parents and caregivers from legal consequences for raising children in alignment with their biological sex. Senate Bill 442 passed the NC Senate in a largely party-line vote in May and this week passed through the House Health Committee on June 17. The measure stipulates that parents or caretakers are not guilty of a misdemeanor or felony child-abuse charge for raising a ch…

NC Senate Republicans seek to define biological sex, dismiss gender identity

By Grace Vitaglione and Rachel Crumpler State lawmakers at the North Carolina General Assembly are pondering another bill that would affect transgender people — the latest in a string of legislation targeting this population that has been introduced in recent years. Some of it has become law. Senate Republicans added language to House Bill 805, which was originally written to regulate online pornography, that would recognize only two sexes in st…

AG Paxton Secures Final Victory Over Biden-Era Rule Forcing Radical “Gender Identity” Ideology on Foster Care

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has entered into an agreed final judgment with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) to vacate in its entirety a Biden Administration rule that would have forced the Texas foster care system to mandate radical “gender identity” ideology. “Biden’s attack on Texas’s foster care system, families, […]