Family Council Joins Brief Urging Supreme Court to Uphold Fairness in Women’s Sports

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Earlier this month, Family Council joined dozens of state policy organizations and more than 200 state legislators — including Rep. Mary Bentley (R – Perryville) and Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) from Arkansas — in a legal brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold fairness in women’s sports in Idaho.

In 2020, Idaho passed the The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act to prevent male student athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. However, the ACLU sued claiming the act is unconstitutional, and a panel of judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the law.

On September 19, Family Council joined an amicus brief alongside 37 other pro-family organizations and 206 female state legislators in support of Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. The amicus brief highlights the opportunities that women’s athletics offer to students, and it urges the Supreme Court to uphold the law and protect women’s sports.

Letting men compete in women’s sports reverses 50 years of advancements for women and effectively erases women’s athletics.

It hampers their ability to compete for athletic scholarships and hurts their professional opportunities as adults. Concerned Women for America reports that more than 1,900 male athletes who claim to be female have taken first place medals away from women and girls.

Female swimmers, powerlifters, cyclists, sprinters, volleyball players, and others have seen their sports radically changed by men who claim to be women. In some sports, it can even be dangerous.

Most Americans agree that athletes should compete according to their biological sex — not their gender identity.

In 2021, Arkansas passed Act 461 by Sen. Missy Irvin (R — Mountain View) and Rep. Sonia Barker (R — Smackover) preventing male student athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school. This good law protects fairness in women’s sports in Arkansas.

Earlier this year, President Trump signed an executive order protecting fairness in women’s sports under Title IX. That is good, but it’s important for our federal courts to uphold laws like Idaho’s that protect fairness in women’s sports. A bad court ruling in this case could jeopardize the good work that Arkansas and many other states have done in this area. That is why Family Council is pleased to join this amicus brief in support of Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, and we believe the U.S. Supreme Court will ultimately uphold the law as constitutional.

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Hospitals Continue to Halt Sex-Change Procedures on Children as Policies Take Hold

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News outlets report that clinics around the country continue to stop performing sex-change procedures on children in the wake of new state and federal policies.

To date, more than half of state legislatures have enacted laws protecting children from puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries, and the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that these types of laws are constitutional.

As a result, major children’s hospitals around the country have stopped performing sex-change procedures on kids.

In recent years, men and women have come forward with chilling testimony about how they were rushed through gender transition as children, and experts have revealed how the medical “consensus” in support of performing transgender procedures on children was largely manufactured by pro-LGBT organizations.

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

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

In 2021, Arkansas passed the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act prohibiting doctors from performing sex-change surgeries on children or giving them puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones. The SAFE Act was the first law of its kind in America. It has been upheld in court and is protecting children in Arkansas right now.

In January, President Trump issued an executive order prohibiting federal funding from being used for sex-change procedures on kids — including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries.

Medical institutions and facilities that receive federal research or education grants must “end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children” immediately, under the order.

Earlier this summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a public inquiry into whether U.S. doctors and clinics may have deceived parents and children about the risks of these procedures. The U.S. Department of Justice issued subpoenas to doctors and medical facilities involved in performing sex-change procedures on minors. The DOJ also has asked Congress to enact legislation protecting children from these procedures, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a federal rule to help put a stop to them as well.

All of this is really good news for children in our country.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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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.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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