Appeals court SLAPS DOWN California on parental rights and trans-identifying students
California officials were pushing a law that would completely erode parental rights.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction Friday against a California law that allowed children to hide their transgender status from their parents.
The law required teachers and others to withhold information from parents related to their children identifying as transgender or asking to be called by a different name.
'The Constitution is clear — parents have the right to know what is happening with their children and make decisions regarding their mental health, and no state law can override that fundamental protection.'
The three-judge panel initially rejected the lawsuit from residents of Huntington Beach but relented after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a similar case on the side of parental rights.
The appeals court recognized that the law would likely violate parents' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
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