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   In a significant victory for parental rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has   
   allowed a lower court’s injunction to go into effect blocking California   
   school policies that required educators to withhold information from   
   parents about their children’s gender transitions at school. AMAC Action   
   was proud to join an amicus brief in Mirabelli v. Bonta urging the Court   
   to protect the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing of   
   their children.   
      
   At issue in the case were so-called “parental exclusion policies”   
   adopted by a California school district that prohibited teachers and   
   staff from notifying parents if their child was being socially   
   transitioned at school. As the district court explained, the policies   
   were designed to “create a zone of secrecy” around students expressing   
   confusion about their gender.   
      
   The consequences were not theoretical. One family in the case did not   
   discover that their daughter was being treated as a boy at school until   
   after she attempted suicide. Parents and teachers challenged the policy   
   as a violation of both the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment.   
      
   In its decision, the Supreme Court vacated the Ninth Circuit’s stay of   
   the district court’s injunction, concluding that the parents were likely   
   to succeed on the merits of their constitutional claims. The Court   
   emphasized that California’s policy likely interfered with “the rights   
   of parents to guide the religious development of their children” and   
   that parents are likely to suffer “irreparable harm” if excluded from   
   consequential decisions about their children’s mental health and wellbeing.   
      
   Citing longstanding precedent, the Court reiterated that “the   
   fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union   
   repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its   
   children.” It further reaffirmed that “the Fourteenth Amendment protects   
   the fundamental right of parents to make decisions concerning the care,   
   custody, and control of their children.”   
      
   AMAC Action joined an amicus brief led by Advancing American Freedom and   
   supported by dozens of organizations nationwide, arguing that “no   
   parents should have to fear that their children might attempt suicide   
   after being secretly indoctrinated in school.”   
      
   The brief underscored that parental rights are “deeply rooted in   
   American history and tradition” and essential to ordered liberty.   
      
   Importantly, this ruling signals more than just a temporary procedural   
   victory. While the case will continue through the lower courts, the   
   Supreme Court’s decision makes clear that policies excluding parents   
   from critical decisions about their children’s identity and mental   
   health raise serious constitutional concerns. It also indicates that the   
   Court is prepared to robustly defend parental rights against state   
   overreach.   
      
   AMAC Action is proud to have stood alongside a broad coalition defending   
   the foundational principle that children are not the property of the   
   state and that parents – not bureaucrats or public school officials –   
   have the primary authority to guide their upbringing. This decision   
   marks an important step forward in the ongoing effort to protect   
   families and restore accountability in public education nationwide.   
      
   https://amac.us/newsline/politics/amac-backed-amicus-brief-helps   
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