Dear Friend,
We made a slight mistake yesterday regarding the timing of a bill that we asked you to take action on. There are two critical Texas bills that both deal with the transgender agenda. The bill to protect minors from transgender drugs and surgeries (S.B. 14) should be heard soon. But the priority bill – being heard on Monday in the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee – is the bill to protect women’s sports (S.B. 15).
For those of you who have taken action on S.B. 14 already, thank you! You are ahead of the curve—that bill will be heard soon, and we will update you as needed.
But Senate Bill 15 is equally important, and we urgently need your help to ensure it passes out of committee on Monday! That’s when the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee will consider S.B. 15, a bill to protect women’s collegiate sports in Texas. The bill protects female college athletes from having to compete against biologically male athletes.
In recent months, we have seen the stories about an Ivy League man dominating women’s swimming events. He has illegitimately broken women’s records and taken the place of deserving women on the winners’ platform, including at both the Ivy League and NCAA National Championships. Parents are now concerned for their daughters’ sports scholarships and educational opportunities. It is a travesty and one which we need to prevent from happening in Texas.
Along with our friends at Texas Values, who have been critical to the effort to get this bill passed, we need your help making sure it becomes law. The Senate State Affairs Committee will consider S.B. 15 on Monday, and we need you to send a message to your Senator today urging them to vote “Yes” on S.B. 15 and ensure female college athletes in Texas will not have to compete against men.
Let’s ensure the playing field is level for women’s sports! Discrimination against women in the name of social expediency has no place in Texas. Send a message to your senator today requesting that they vote “Yes” on S.B. 15 – it only takes a moment using the form below.
Now is the time to speak up to protect women’s sports in Texas!
Sincerely,
Joseph Kohm III
Director, Public Policy
More and more children are being pushed toward transgender interventions. This often begins with puberty blockers and eventually progresses to cross-sex hormones and even surgery. Many of the resulting physical changes, like sterilization or mastectomies, are irreversible.
It should come as no surprise, then, that the rise in transitions is producing more people who regret that decision. Despite the permanent changes, many of them eventually try to return to living as their biological sex. They’re known as “detransitioners,” and those who choose to publicly share their stories are incredibly courageous.
That’s why at Family Policy Alliance we are glad to recognize Detransition Awareness Day, happening this year on March 12 (Sunday).
Whether you personally know someone who has struggled to embrace their biological sex, or you simply want to be more educated on the issue, this weekend is a great time to learn more.
Below are three resources to help you get started.
- Hear from someone who lived it. Our CEO and President, Craig DeRoche, recently sat down with Erin Brewer, a woman who greatly struggled as a child to embrace her female body but now advocates to protect children from this harmful ideology. Watch now on Facebook or YouTube, or listen to our podcast episode on Apple, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.
- Understand the parents’ perspective. Earlier this year, we talked with reporter Brandon Showalter about his work on this issue and about a new documentary called Dead Name. While not about detransition specifically, this powerful documentary sheds light on the struggles parents face when a child chooses to “transition.” Watch now on Facebook or YouTube, or listen to our podcast episode on Apple, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.
- Get the facts. If you want to learn more about the issue or how you can be involved, be sure to check out our Help Not Harm page. There, you can get answers to the most common questions, learn about the issues at stake, and find ways to take action.
As you learn more about this issue, be sure to say a prayer for those who suffer from gender dysphoria. Join us in praying for their protection from dangerous procedures, for the ability to get loving help when needed, and for hope and healing for those who have gone through with transition and are now regretting that decision.
And, while you spend time learning and praying about this issue, you can rejoice with us that there is good news: four states have already passed Help Not Harm laws, which protect children from transition and give child victims a chance to sue the medical practitioners who hurt them so much. Plus, several more states are considering similar bills this year – perhaps your state is one of them! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube to stay up-to-date on the latest developments.
Sincerely,
Meridian Baldacci
Director, Strategy
Dear Friend,
We have a request for your urgent help.
The Kansas legislature just passed House Bill 2238, the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, a bill to protect girls sports in Kansas. The bill protects female athletes from having to compete against biologically male athletes in K-12 education and at the collegiate level.
The bill is now headed to Governor Laura Kelly’s desk and we need you to encourage her to sign it!
In recent months, we have seen the stories about an Ivy League man dominating women’s swimming events. He has illegitimately broken women’s records and taken the place of deserving women on the winners’ platform, including at both the Ivy League and NCAA National Championships. Parents are now concerned for their daughters’ sports scholarships and educational opportunities. It is a travesty and one which we need to prevent from happening in Kansas.
Along with our friends at Kansas Family Voice, who have worked tirelessly to get this bill passed, we need your help making sure it becomes law. The bill is now on Gov. Kelly’s desk, and we need you to send a message to her today urging her to keep her campaign promises and sign the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act!
Let’s ensure the playing field is level for girls’ sports! Discrimination against girls in the name of social expediency has no place in Kansas. Send a message to Gov. Kelly requesting that she sign HB 2238. It only takes a moment using the form below.
Now is the time to speak up to protect girls’ sports in Kansas!
Sincerely,
Joseph Kohm III
Director, Public Policy
We have an urgent request for your help.
We need your help protecting the next generation of Texans from woke ideology. On Monday, the Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs will consider Senate Bill 14 (S.B. 14), based on our model Help Not Harm Act, and we need you to encourage them to support it.
This important bill protects vulnerable children from gender transition surgery and procedures while holding doctors accountable.
S.B. 14, based in part on our model Help Not Harm Bill, would prevent healthcare practitioners from performing dangerous, irreversible gender transition surgeries on children, including mastectomies or “top surgery.”
It would also prohibit treating children with hormone therapy and other nonsurgical gender transition procedures that cause irreversible effects like infertility and body changes. Finally, it holds doctors accountable by enabling medical malpractice suits by victims and authorizing the Texas Attorney General to enforce compliance with the law.
Our kids deserve to be kept safe from predatory medical procedures. Along with our friends at Texas Values, who have worked hard to advance these bills, we need your help to protect them.
Please send a message to your senator today, telling him or her to support S.B. 14
It only takes a minute using the form below. By doing so, you will help ensure Texas law helps, not harms, our kids.
Sincerely,
Joseph Kohm III
Director, Public Policy
Dear Friend,
We have an urgent request for your help.
We need your help protecting Iowa’s next generations from woke ideology. This week, the Iowa legislature will consider House File 623 and Senate File 538, adapted versions of our Help Not Harm model bill, and we need you to encourage them to support it!
These important bills protect vulnerable children from gender transition surgery and procedures while holding doctors accountable.
H.F. 623 and S.F. 538, based almost entirely on our model Help Not Harm Bill, would prevent healthcare practitioners from performing dangerous, irreversible gender transition surgeries on children, including mastectomies or “top surgery.”
They would also prohibit treating children with hormone therapy and other nonsurgical gender transition procedures that cause irreversible effects like infertility and body changes. Finally, they hold doctors accountable by providing a way to sue doctors that perform these procedures on children.
Our kids deserve to be kept safe from predatory medical procedures. Along with our friends at The FAMiLY Leader, who have worked tirelessly to advance these bills, we need your help to protect them.
It only takes a minute using the form below. By doing so, you will help ensure Iowa law helps, not harms, our kids.
Sincerely,
Joseph Kohm III
Director, Public Policy
This week, leaders in the Senate and the House introduced a bill to shield children from the harms of transgender interventions, and we need your help to encourage your members to support this legislation.
The Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act, led by Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), protects vulnerable children from transgender procedures by giving victims the ability to sue medical professionals who irreparably harmed them.
These minors are often told that these procedures will “fix” any gender dysphoria they are experiencing. But “transition” doesn’t address the real, underlying problems that cause someone to feel they are in the wrong body. And, we know that a vast majority of children who experience gender dysphoria will grow out of it by the time they reach adulthood.
Solutions should never include removing healthy body parts and other interventions that lead to life-altering complications such as sterilization.
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Unfortunately, minors who changed their minds after they already went through multiple rounds of surgeries and endless experimental hormones have nowhere to turn for restoration. They are shamed by the media and the organizations that convinced them these surgeries would make them happy.
That’s why we drafted our Help Not Harm legislation – the basis for the bill just introduced in Congress.
You know that Family Policy Alliance has been fighting to ensure that help, not harm is provided to children experiencing gender dysphoria. But we could not do this without your help.
Please take a moment to ask your House and Senate members to cosponsor this piece of federal legislation. It only takes a minute using the form at the bottom of this page.
Then, lift up a prayer for these minors who are considering or have undergone transgender procedures. Children today need a hedge of prayer over their minds, bodies, and hearts as they engage the culture around them.
Thank you for standing for these children.
Ruth Ward
Director, Government Affairs
As a young child and trauma survivor, Erin Brewer hated that she was a girl. Life would be easier, she thought, if she were only a boy. So, she began walking down the path of transgenderism. But that wasn’t the end of her story.
In a new video today, hear Erin’s inspiring story of how she came to love her God-given identity, and her encouragement for struggling children and their loved ones.
A word to parents: this interview may not be appropriate for young ears. We’d recommend popping in headphones if little ones are around. But, we do encourage you to listen when you can! Erin’s story and practical encouragement will be well worth your time.
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Erin Brewer is a public speaker and author who advocates for protecting children from the transgender agenda. She is the co-founder of Advocates Protecting Children, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting the gender industry and promoting good cognitive therapy and self-acceptance.
At Family Policy Alliance, we believe struggling children deserve #HelpNotHarm. To stay up to date on the fight to protect children and learn how to take action, follow us on social media!
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We are seeing a trend happen across the country. And, not the good kind.
Women are being sidelined by biological males in sports competitions. Examples of this are being seen throughout the country, such as in Connecticut where women athletes have been denied state championship titles due to biological males competing and last year when a biological male robbed female swimmers of their places on NCAA national championship platforms.
This is unfair, unsafe and discriminatory.
The Biden administration is protecting males in women’s sports by embracing policies and rules to promote a radical gender ideology that only harms women and takes away equal opportunity for women in sports competitions.
And, Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, has unfortunately stated that he supports the move to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports—a view in direct contradiction with the majority of Americans.
But, together, we can save girls’ sports!
You might have seen the letter that Family Policy Alliance and nearly 30 other allied organizations recently sent to the Biden administration’s Department of Education opposing any proposed rules that would undermine women’s opportunities to excel in sports.
This is unlawful and unthinkable, and FPA is fighting back.
Since 2020, a total of 18 states have passed commonsense protections for women in sports, and many more have introduced legislation this year. Now, we need the federal government to respond. Fortunately, Congressman Greg Steube (R-FL) has introduced a bill in the House to protect equal opportunities for women and girls in athletics, and now more than ever we need you to encourage your member of Congress to support this legislation.
H.R. 734, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, will go a long way to restore women’s chances at a fair competition by enforcing the Title IX provisions that protect women and girls from discrimination and physical harm in athletics. Title IX was enacted in 1972 to advance women’s rights by ensuring no one can be denied equal access to educational opportunities on the basis of sex. Since that time, the number of women and girls in sports has grown from under 300,000 to 3.5 million!
Please take a moment using the form below tell your congressional member to cosponsor the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. Then, share this message with a friend who also supports protecting women and girls from discrimination in sports.
Women and girls deserve better. Thank you for standing to protect and promote equal opportunities!
Sincerely,
Ruth Ward
Director, Government Affairs
Dear Friends,
We have an urgent request for your help.
We need your help protecting Mississippi’s next generations from woke ideology. This week, the Mississippi Senate passed House Bill 1125, the Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act.
The bill is now headed to Governor Tate Reeves’ desk and we need you to encourage him to sign it!
This important bill protects vulnerable children from gender transition surgery and procedures while holding doctors accountable.
The REAP Act, based almost entirely on our model Help Not Harm Bill, would prevent healthcare practitioners from performing dangerous, irreversible gender transition surgeries on children, including mastectomies or “top surgery.”
It would also prohibit treating children with hormone therapy and other nonsurgical gender transition procedures that cause irreversible effects like infertility and body changes. Finally, it holds doctors accountable by providing a way to sue doctors that perform these procedures on children.
Our kids deserve to be kept safe from predatory medical procedures. We need your help to protect them by encouraging Gov. Reeves to keep his promise and sign the REAP Act!
Please send a message to Gov. Reeves telling him to sign H.B. 1125, the REAP Act.
It only takes a minute using the form below. By doing so, you will help ensure Mississippi law helps, not harms, our kids.
Sincerely,
Joseph Kohm III
Director, Public Policy
Dear Friends,
We have an urgent request for your help.
We need your help protecting Kentucky’s next generations from woke ideology. This week, the Kentucky House of Representatives will consider House Bill 470, the Do No Harm Act, and we need you to encourage them to support it.
This important bill protects vulnerable children from gender transition surgery and procedures while holding doctors accountable.
House Bill (H.B.) 470, based almost entirely on our model Help Not Harm Bill, would prevent healthcare practitioners from performing dangerous, irreversible gender transition surgeries on children, including mastectomies or “top surgery.”
It would also prohibit treating children with hormone therapy and other nonsurgical gender transition procedures that cause irreversible effects like infertility and body changes. Finally, it holds doctors accountable by providing a way to sue doctors that perform these procedures on children.
Our kids deserve to be kept safe from predatory medical procedures. Along with our Kentucky friends at The Family Foundation, who have worked tirelessly to get this bill introduced, we need your help to protect them.
Please send a message to your representative today telling him or her to support H.B. 470.
It only takes a minute using the form below. By doing so, you will help ensure Kentucky law helps, not harms, our kids.
Sincerely,
