Justice Department Asks Congress to Protect Children from Sex-Change Procedures

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Last week the U.S. Department of Justice sent a proposal to Congress that would protect children from sex-change procedures.

The federal Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act would generally prevent doctors, hospitals, and clinics from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.

In a press release, the DOJ said,

“The Department of Justice has heard from far too many families who have been devastated by mutilative medical procedures that fly in the face of basic biology,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “While we continue our ongoing legal battle to protect children, we appreciate our colleagues in Congress who are working diligently alongside us to end these abusive procedures once and for all.”

The federal legislation would track with an executive order President Trump issued earlier this year.

In 2021, Arkansas became the first state in the nation to pass a law protecting children from sex-change procedures. The Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act prohibits doctors from performing sex-change surgeries or giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors. That law was recently upheld in federal court. Since 2021, other states have enacted similar laws. A federal measure like the Victims of Chemical or Surgical Mutilation Act could help protect children nationwide.

Over the past five years, it has become clear that the medical “consensus” regarding transgender procedures on children was largely manufactured by pro-LGBT activists.

Men and women have come forward with chilling testimony about how they were rushed through gender transitions as children without knowing the procedures’ risks, consequences, and alternatives.

Sex-change procedures, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones can leave children permanently scarred, sterilized, and at risk of serious health conditions.

Public health experts in the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, Finland, and other nations have found that science simply does not support giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to kids.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures, and the U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors.

A federal measure protecting children from sex-change procedures isn’t just good policy—it’s common sense, and it’s long overdue.

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DEI Diversion: Corporate America Rebrands Without Fully Retreating

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A recent report from The Conference Board shows Corporate America is in retreat from leftwing “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies — but the truth may be more complicated.

The report relied on corporate disclosure documents “to examine how US public companies are recalibrating public reporting” when it comes to DEI. Researchers found use of the acronym “DEI” fell by 68% from 2024 to 2025 in the major filings from S&P 500 companies.

While that sounds like good news, ESG Dive says the figures reveal that corporations may simply be renaming their DEI initiatives or talking about them less instead of abandoning DEI altogether. The outlet writes:

While firms scaled back DEI language and commitments, 79% percent of S&P 500 firms disclosed board committee oversight of DEI, up from 72%, according to the report. For Russell 3000 companies, this figure jumped from 48.4% to 86.8%. Rather than simply abandoning DEI, this suggests that companies are being more cautious about external messaging while integrating DEI into governance to make it more legally defensible, according to the report.

The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance put it this way:

Corporate public DEI messaging and communications are undergoing a legal- and risk-driven reframing in 2025, with companies reducing the visibility of DEI language while selectively preserving or embedding related goals in ways that are more cautious, controlled, and defensible.

In other words, instead of retreating from DEI and pro-LGBT initiatives, corporations may simply be renaming them.

Many companies established DEI policies to create an equal playing field for racial and ethnic minorities. However, it did not take long for LGBT groups and others to hijack those policies to promote gender-identity politics and other radical ideologies in the workplace.

We have written repeatedly about how DEI initiatives have been used to promote critical race theory and other leftwing ideologies — however, Americans have pushed back against these initiatives.

Following boycotts and backlash, companies like Walmart, Target, Toyota, John Deere, Lowe’s, Tractor Supply, Harley Davidson, and others rolled back their pro-LGBT diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

More generally, in 2023 Bud Light managed to singlehandedly overthrow itself as the number-one beer in America after sending transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney a novelty can of Bud Light with Mulvaney’s picture on it. Since then, Target quietly has replaced its LGBT pride merchandise, and entertainment giants like Pixar and Disney have removed pro-LGBT elements from their storylines.

It’s obvious that corporate DEI initiatives and pro-LGBT pandering are deeply out-of-step with everyday Americans. These are flawed ideologies that do not ensure individuals are valued, heard, or included. Employees who hold biblical views of marriage or gender risk losing their jobs in workplaces that have adopted DEI policies. None of that is good for our economy or our country.

Instead of renaming these programs, Corporate America should continue to retreat from DEI altogether, plain and simple.

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Family Council Joins Brief Urging Supreme Court to Address School Gender Transition Case

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Last Friday, Family Council joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Lee v. Poudre School District R-1 — a case challenging a Colorado school’s efforts to socially “gender transition” two middle school girls without their parents’ knowledge or consent. The amicus brief was led by Advancing American Freedom, and 42 pro-family organizations took part in it. This case is one of several that could protect children and parents from dangerous transgender ideologies.

Over the past five years, it has become clear that the “consensus” regarding social and medical gender transitions for children has been largely manufactured by pro-LGBT activists. Fortunately, Arkansas’ legislators have pushed back.

In 2021, lawmakers passed the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act generally prohibiting doctors from performing sex-change procedures on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. That law was recently upheld in federal court.

In 2023, Arkansas passed Act 542 protecting teachers or faculty members who decline to use someone’s preferred pronouns at school.

That same year, legislators passed Act 317 to protect privacy in public school locker rooms, showers, restrooms, changing areas, and similar facilities by requiring public schools to designate these facilities for “male” or “female” use.

The Arkansas Legislature also passed the LEARNS Act overhauling public education in Arkansas, prohibiting critical race theory in public schools, and protecting young elementary school children from inappropriate pro-LGBT material in the classroom.

Taken together, these good laws — and others like them — protect children from social and physical gender transition.

Public school students should not be taught to question their sexual-orientation or their gender, and schools should not lie to parents about what their children are learning at school.

Family Council is pleased to stand up for parents and children. We hope the U.S. Supreme Court will take up this case.

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