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Oppose Colorado’s Radical Abortion and ‘Transgender Rights’ Legislation

There are currently two pieces of radical legislation that would force taxpayers to pay for abortions and threaten parental rights. Focus on the Family needs our Colorado friends to stand firm against these two bills.

Abortion Bill

First, an extreme abortion bill – HB25-183 – has already been passed by the Colorado State Assembly and is awaiting Governor Jared Polis’ signature.

If signed, HB25-183 would:

  • Require the state to cover abortions as part of its Medicaid services.
  • Force Colorado taxpayers to spend millions of dollars every year paying for abortions against their consciences.

The fiscal note on this measure estimates abortions will cost taxpayers $5.9 million in the first year.

After passing the Colorado abortion amendment last fall, abortion activists are more brazen than ever in building Colorado’s reputation as an abortion destination state, and they want to force Colorado taxpayers to pay for it.

Daily Citizen reported this last month when a pro-abortion lawmaker gave shocking testimony, arguing it’s cheaper for the state to pay for abortions than pay for that baby to be born.

Please contact Governor Polis and urge him to veto HB25-183 to protect preborn babies, their mothers and the conscience rights of millions of Coloradans who do not support abortion.

“Transgender Rights” Bill

Second, a radical “transgender rights” bill – HB25-1312 – threatens parental rights and free speech.

If passed, HB25-1312 would:

  • Threaten parental rights by compelling parents to affirm their minor child’s gender confusion or potentially lose custody.
  • Threaten free speech by forcing schools and businesses to have gender-affirming policies or be sued for discrimination.

The bill unconstitutionally limits free speech, religious freedom and parents’ rights to provide for the care, nurturing, and moral and religious upbringing of their children.

It forces parents to support dangerous, experimental drugs, hormones and surgeries for their children struggling with sexual identity confusion.

This extreme measure would turn Colorado into a “trans-sanctuary.”

Erin Lee, a Colorado mom and the Executive Director of Protect Kids Colorado told the Daily Citizen:

CO HB 25-1312, on its face, is a blatantly unconstitutional violation of free speech and parental rights. What I find especially dangerous is defining non-affirmation of gender confusion as “coercive control” and allowing the courts to use it against parents. They are essentially bullying parents into transitioning their children, or else lose them.

Parents have long been bullied by the suicide myth, that you must transition your child or else they will kill themself. Now the state is adding to that: Transition your child or else we will take them from you. It fortifies our status as a wrong-sex mutilation sanctuary state, encouraging more people to move here and transition their children.

To learn more read the Daily Citizen’s analysis of the bill.

HB25-1312 has already passed the House and will now be considered by the Senate.

Urge your senator to vote no, and please consider testifying – in writing, remotely or in-person – against the bill when it goes before a Senate committee soon.

Please contact your state senator and the governor today to oppose these extreme measures.

We need your bold voice to defend life, parental rights and free speech.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi Sues Maine for Title IX Violations

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a civil lawsuit against Maine’s Department of Education, charging the state with “discriminating against women by failing to protect women in women’s sports.”

In a news briefing, Bondi had some strong words about the Maine Department of Education for violating Title IX, part of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in education.

The Attorney General stated,

Today, the Department of Justice is announcing a civil lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education. The state of Maine is discriminating against women by failing to protect women in women’s sports.

Pretty basic stuff. This is a violation of Title IX. The Department of Justice will not sit by when women are discriminated against in sports. This is about sports.

This is also about these young women’s personal safety.

Bondi introduced several female athletes at the news briefing, “Fencer Zoe Hutchison, a Maine athlete. Cassidy Carlisle, a Maine athlete and my dear friend – you all know Riley Gaines, who has been a champion on this issue for women.”  

The announcement came after the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights investigated the Maine Department of Education for allowing males to compete in girls and women’s sports.

Also present were Secretary of Education Linda McMahon; Linnea Saltz, a track athlete and advocate for women’s sports; Stephanie Turner, who received a year-long suspension from fencing after refusing to compete against a male athlete; and  Representative Laurel Libby who is suing the Maine State House after it barred her from speaking or voting – all because she spoke out against a male athlete who won the state girls pole vaulting championship. 

The DOE found the state’s education department, along with the Maine Principal’s Association and Greely High School, had discriminated against female athletes, violating Title IX prohibitions.

The U.S. education department proposed actions that the Maine Department of Education could take to repair the damage, such as directing public schools to follow Title IX or risk losing funding, acknowledging there are only two sexes, segregating bathrooms and locker rooms based on sex, and stopping boys from competing in girls sports.

Maine refused to comply, so the DOE referred the matter to the Department of Justice.

In February, Governor Janet Mills doubled down on the state’s discrimination against girls and women.

When asked whether her state would follow President Donald Trump’s executive order protecting girls and women’s sports, the governor replied the state was “complying with state and federal laws.”

President Trump disagreed, responding, “We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t.” 

Mills then replied that she would see Trump in court.

So she’s getting her wish.

Following the press conference, Education Secretary McMahon clarified for CNN’s Kasie Hunt exactly why males don’t belong in female sports,

Title IX was established to protect women, to allow them to compete in sports on a level playing field. What has happened now with transgenders, whether it‘s one or two, 22 dozen, or 100 … when you start with one, that deprives females – from getting a slot for a scholarship or a slot on the team – or getting beaten out in the competition simply because they‘re competing against a male.

She added, “It is just totally unfair, and it’s against the law. It is absolutely against federal law.”

McMahon told Hunt about the pain that girl athletes felt when, after years of pain, effort, training and practice, they lost to a male athlete. She reiterated that Title IX is a federal law that is being violated – not just a presidential executive order.

Then she explained basic biology to the CNN host, who seemed more concerned about the sexually confused males than the girls harmed by their actions,

There are two sexes. There‘s male and female. So transgender doesn‘t have a play in this. You’re born a boy, you‘re a boy. You‘re born a girl, you‘re a girl.

So even with puberty blocking hormones, etc., males are still stronger. Their structure is different. They can perform very differently in competition. We have to respect and understand that and give women the rights that they have under this title nine.

It’s unclear exactly why leftist politicians and media hosts have subscribed to gender ideology – a dogma that sexualizes and confuses girls and boys, harming them and their families.

Thankfully, there is a growing pushback against the incoherent, illogical gender theory which asserts that people can change into the opposite sex, there are an infinitude of “genders,” and bodily sex can be separated from “gender identity.”

Bondi stated strongly that she will continue to fight for girls and women, and she applauded the young women and parents who are battling injustice.

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UK Court Demonstrates It Knows What a Woman Is, Clarifying British Law

The newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court infamously could not answer what a woman is, but the United Kingdon’s highest court declared today that it is very clear on the matter. The British Supreme Court stated, “The unanimous decision of this court is that the terms woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex.”

The defining statement in the U.K. court’s decision appears on page 3, stating,

The central question on this appeal is whether the EA 2010 treats a trans woman with a GRC [gender recognition certificate] as a woman for all purposes within the scope of its provisions, or when that Act speaks of a “woman” and “sex” it is referring to a biological woman and biological sex [emphasis added].

Members of the court all landed on the biological definition, rejecting the new elastic definition used by gender ideology.

This is a landmark decision for gender-realists who root their view of what it means to be human as male or female in objective biological reality. Politico explains, “The ruling could have far-reaching implications for the provision of single-sex spaces and other gender-specific public services across Scotland, England and Wales.”

The court explained, “The principal question which the court addresses on this appeal is the meaning of the words which Parliament has used in the EA 2010 in legislating to protect women and members of the trans community against discrimination.”

They further explain, saying, “Our task is to see if those words [to denote woman] can bear a coherent and predictable meaning” within British law.

This consequential decision resulted from a lengthy and detailed challenge from three bold Scottish women working with the organization For Women Scotland which defines itself as “a group of women from across Scotland working to protect and strengthen women and children’s rights.”

J.K. Rowling, a fearless defender of common sense for what a woman is, posted the following celebration of the decision, saying she is “so proud to know you” referring to the “three extraordinary, tenacious Scottish women” who fought for this landmark decision.

One anonymous commenter to Rowling’s post summed up the consequences of this decision as well as anyone,

When Parliament fled, when media lied, when cowards hid behind slogans, three Scottish women stood their ground. And they won.

This wasn’t just a legal victory. It was a cultural exorcism. The spell is broken: a woman is an adult human female. Full stop.

Rowling’s right to be proud. The rest of the political class should be ashamed it ever came to this.

A cultural exorcism indeed. Now, if only other legal bodies across the globe would follow this common sense reasoning.

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Common Spirit Denied Teen Boy Medical Care After Parents Objected to Doctor’s Bizarre Questions

Multi-state health conglomerate Common Spirit refused to serve a Colorado Springs family after parents objected to a doctor’s inappropriate and ideologically driven questions.

Melissa and her husband, Carlos, are no strangers to the medical system’s disregard for parent’s rights. The devout Christian couple shuttled their four children to doctor’s appointments in several different states during Carlos’ more than 20-year military career.

So, when thirteen-year-old Ricardo needed a physical to play football, the couple gave him a heads up.

“I just asked, ‘Hey, if they ask you if they want us to leave the room, are you comfortable with that?’” Melissa explained.

Years earlier, in Virginia, doctors had asked one of their daughters if she was sexually active or used drugs — after asking Melissa to leave the room.

“She didn’t really know what to say,” she recalled her daughter’s hesitance to answer questions alone. “[But] our children [are used] to respecting their elders, so she just said, ‘Okay.’”

When Ricardo said he would be uncomfortable talking to the doctor alone, Carlos and Melissa helped him prepare to say so. Forewarned and forearmed, they hoped their respectful, shy son would feel free to be honest in a way their daughter had not.  

Melissa and Carlos’ forethought paid off; the doctor, a Common Spirit employee, asked them to leave the room before she’d finished Ricardo’s physical. According to Melissa, it wasn’t much of a question:

She said, “Okay, at this point, I’m going to ask your parents to leave.” She didn’t even give him a choice, give us a choice. She made it sound like, “I’m telling you what to do.”

Ricardo’s parents say they were proud and thankful when he politely declined to speak to the doctor alone, despite her obvious disapproval. 

“You could tell she was annoyed by that,” Melissa remembered. “But she said, ‘Okay, I’m going to proceed with my questions.’”

The doctor asked Ricardo, “What gender do you identify as?”

Melissa says she and her husband locked eyes, baffled:

We just kind of looked at each other like, “Wow, that was not a question we heard a few years ago with our daughter.” Things had clearly evolved.

Ricardo was similarly confused. How did his doctor, who had already begun his exam, not know his sex.

“I’m a boy,” he answered, half giggling.

So far, Melissa told the Daily Citizen, she had kept her cool. But then the doctor asked, “What gender are you attracted to?”

“I felt like this was the proper time to speak up. It’s totally inappropriate,” Melissa said. She asked the doctor what her questions had to do with Ricardo’s appointment.

I said, “I’m his mother and I’ve never even asked him these questions — why do you get to ask them?”

Carlos pressed the issue.

I just asked, “Okay, where is this going? [What’s the point?]”
She said, “Well, we want to know if there is sexual and physical abuse.”
Well, then wouldn’t that be the first question out of your mouth?

He believes the conversation could have proceeded much differently under different circumstances.

“If we weren’t in the room, and [Ricardo] were to say he was a member of the opposite sex, then what?” he argued. “What’s the next line of questioning? Are you going to offer [opposite-sex] hormone therapy?”

Common Spirit’s website does not clearly offer “gender-affirming” care. It does, however, financially support organizations that serve the “LGBTQIA+ community.” The website boasts several other phrases commonly associated with gender ideology, including “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” and “social justice.”

After Melissa and Carlos’ vociferous objections, the doctor left the room, claiming a nurse would return to finish Ricardo’s physical. She soon reappeared, absent a nurse, and said,

I’m no longer comfortable with this appointment, and I don’t think we [Common Spirit] are the right fit for you.

She didn’t even finish Ricardo’s exam.

Melissa called the appointment violating.

“I just felt so violated as mother,” she said. “She violated my values. It was just so wrong in so many ways.”

She continued, heartfelt,

I didn’t have the luxury of a mom and dad. It’s so disheartening to me that, here I am, able to give that to my children, and it’s frowned upon. It’s really sad.

A Common Spirit patient advocate later told the family that the doctor’s line of questioning was unusual, particularly for a routine exam. After promising to bring their case to the higher-ups, she never contacted Melissa or Carlos again.

As far as Melissa knows, the doctor, a bilingual Spanish speaker, is still practicing. She worries about the power the doctor can exercise over Spanish-speaking Christians and their families.

“We’re Latino. In our culture, we have a high respect for doctors almost immediately,” she explained. “If a non-English speaker were to bring her son to a well check, like me, she would more then likely step out of the room if the doctor asked.”

The couple advises parents to prepare themselves, and their kids, to establish firm boundaries in the doctor’s office — because they may be pushed.

We don’t want parents to walk out of an appointment feeling violated, like we did. I’ve started letting a lot of parents know that if you have a son and are going in for a 12-year-old well check or physical, these are the kinds of questions you are going to be asked.

They suggest parents ask kids whether they feel comfortable talking to a doctor alone before heading to the appointment. Given time to prepare themselves, they are more likely to be honest about wanting parents in the room.

If a child says they don’t mind talking to a doctor alone, Melissa says parents should be ready to begin intentional conversations about sex and gender.

You want to be the one to have those conversations with them, instead of a school or a doctor telling them before you’ve even had the opportunity. It’s unfortunate that we have to have these conversations so young. But I think if you don’t tell them, someone will rob you of that and do it themselves.

Melissa and Carlos’ experience should inspire parents to proactively protect their kids from gender ideology. Focus on the Family and its allies have resources to help you do just that. Click on the links below to learn more.

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Planned Parenthood Offers ‘Sexual Health Resources’ for All, Aided by Sacramento Libraries

Sacramento Public Library is partnering with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte to offer free “sexual health resources,” including contraceptives and graphic sexual education materials, to patrons of all ages.

The California Family Council (CFC), a Focus on the Family-allied organization, explained, saying,

In a move that sidesteps parental rights and raises serious concerns about the sexualization of children, the Sacramento Public Library has partnered with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte to install “sexual health resource cabinets” in 12 of its 28 public library branches.

These cabinets contain condoms, dental dams, pregnancy tests, lubrication, and sex educational pamphlets – available to anyone, of any age, without restriction or parental consent.

The organization said in an email the resources have “parents and child advocates alarmed,” with CFC Vice President Greg Burt adding,

“This is a grotesque violation of parental rights. Parents take their children to the library expecting books – not a sexual health free-for-all.”

“Condoms and lubricant have no place in the hands of children, especially without their parents’ knowledge or consent.”

CFC further explained, “The cabinets are openly placed in common areas, with signage asking: ‘Having sex? How safe are you?'”

“Visitors are encouraged – regardless of age – to scan a QR code linking directly to Planned Parenthood’s sex-ed website, which invites minors to “start your journey and get the info you need in a way that’s actually interesting.'”

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte offers abortions, opposite-sex hormones and contraceptives in the mid-California region and Nevada. In 2022, the organization received more than $28.4 million in government funds, while the library received more than $26.2 million in 2024 from the city and county. 

In an interview with CBS Sacramento, library Community Engagement Services Manager Todd Deck defended the distribution of free sexual resources to patrons of all ages, saying:

“We want to remove the stigma around these resources. … Libraries are essential to healthy, thriving communities, so having resources that are of interest and needs of that community is really critical.”

“I do believe it is our responsibility to help have an informed community regardless of the topic, that way people can make informed decisions about their health.”

In making these free sexual materials available to minors, the library is going far beyond informing the community.

Children aren’t equipped to manage adult sexuality, something many adults find difficult, and the library is infringing on parents’ rights by offering sexual resources to them.

Burt told CBS, “Now parents are going to have to be concerned that instead of coming back with a book, their children will come back with a condom.”

“This is really about cutting parents out; it’s about sexualizing our children at younger ages.”

Radical sexual activist groups like Planned Parenthood and the American Library Association work overtime to sexualize children through age-inappropriate library books and materials; ineffective and morally problematic comprehensive sexuality education; “drag queen story hours”; and now, free sexual resources in libraries.

Such groups are motivated by an ideology that says sex is a human right – for people of all ages – and is primarily for pleasure. For them, there are no morals surrounding sexual behavior; the only prerequisite is “consent.” Planned Parenthood’s sex education resources teach children, adolescents and teens about how to give consent.

It’s important more than ever for parents to ground their children in a biblical, healthy view of sexuality. This should begin at an early age, with age-appropriate instruction.

Parents should also be aware that children will be exposed to inappropriate, confusing and immoral sexuality – even at the library.

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