The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has granted a preliminary injunction blocking a California law that banned schools from disclosing to parents a child’s “gender identity.”
The injunction blocks California’s AB 1955, a law that prohibits schools from disclosing information to parents about a child’s sexual orientation, “gender identity,” or gender expression, unless the child consents.
The city of Huntington Beach had sued California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the law.
The ruling says in part:
“As the Court explained, the substantive due process right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children includes the right not to be shut out of participation in decisions regarding their children’s mental health,’ which includes the right to information known to the school about whether a child exhibits symptoms of gender dysphoria at school.”
America First Legal Foundation represented the city.