Tag: Education & Family News

Gov. Greg Abbott Promotes School Choice Legislation, Opponents Pushback

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott believes parents should be in charge of their children’s education, and that’s the message he delivers to parents, educators, and community members at events across the state. “In Texas, we believe in freedom,” Abbott said on Thursday at the Parent Empowerment Night at Grace Community School in Tyler, Texas. “When you…


ACLU Will Ask Supreme Court to Block State Law Banning Men From Women’s Sports

The Supreme Court has given counsel for a transgender middle school student until March 20 to respond to West Virginia’s emergency application to lift a federal appeals court order blocking the state’s Save Women’s Sports Act from taking effect. The legal action comes as West Virginia and other states have been taking action to make…


Gender Affirmation Treatments for Minors Must Be Characterized as ‘Experimental’: Norwegian Investigator

Invasive and life-altering treatments for gender incongruence and gender dysphoria for children and young people must be characterized as “experimental” according to the latest recommendation from a Norwegian health care investigator. Puberty delaying treatment along with hormonal and surgical gender affirmation treatments for minors require more research, “a thorough examination before treatment,” explanation of benefits,…


Youngkin’s Bumpy Critical Race Theory Fight in Virginia Highlighted in CNN Townhall

The town hall meeting hosted by CNN on March 9 highlighted Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s fight over critical race theory (CRT)—a Marxism framework that views America as systematically racist. His road has been bumpy. In his opening remarks, Youngkin described the Commonwealth as having some of the best schools but are plagued with lower standards…


How to Separate Fact From Fiction

Commentary The State of New Jersey recently enacted a law that requires K–12 students to learn “information literacy.” Stated plainly, this is the skills to determine what’s true and what’s not. The law is allegedly the first of its kind in the nation. The sentiment behind the legislation is admirable, but the law itself is vague and gives the…


Arizona Launches Hotline for Complaints of Sexual Content, Marxist Ideology in Schools

The Arizona Department of Education has announced an “Empower Hotline” that allows parents to register complaints about improper teaching material at schools, including sexual content, Marxist concepts like critical race theory, and gender ideologies. Tom Horne, superintendent of public instruction for Arizona, launched the hotline for citizens to report “inappropriate public school lessons that detract from…


West Virginia Legislature Passes Gender Reassignment Surgery Ban for Minors

West Virginia’s Republican-majority Legislature passed a bill on March 10 that would ban health care providers from performing “irreversible gender reassignment surgery” or providing gender-altering medication to minors. House Bill 2007 was introduced by Del. Geoff Foster and passed the Senate in a 30–2 vote. Under the bill, health care providers in the state will be prohibited from providing “irreversible…


Parents Need to Know: Are Your Children Over-Vaccinated?

For many parents, there is something deeply satisfying about taking a baby, especially a firstborn, to the doctor. After all, so-called “well baby” visits give parents the opportunity to talk to an expert about a child’s development, ask burning questions about when the baby will be able to sit up without assistance and what to…


Judge Kyle Duncan’s Event ‘Went Awry’: Stanford Law School After Protests

Stanford Law School Dean Jenny Martinez admitted that protests at Judge Kyle Duncan’s seminar violated the school’s policy of free speech. “However well-intentioned, attempts at managing the room in this instance went awry. The way this event unfolded was not aligned with our institutional commitment to freedom of speech,” Martinez wrote in an email to the…


Texas State Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Ban Drag Shows With Kids Present

A Texas state lawmaker has introduced a bill to ban erotic performances in the presence of minors after a Plano bar hosted a drag show attended by families and children last year. Republican state Rep. Bryan Slaton filed House Bill 4129 on Wednesday to stop what he called the sexualization of children in Texas “in the wake…