The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Kate Anderson, director of ADF’s Center for Parental Rights, regarding an order Thursday from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan allowing the case Mead v. Rockford Public School District to move forward on Dan and Jennifer Mead’s claims that the school district violated the couple’s parental rights by treating their middle-school daughter as a boy without their knowledge or consent and taking steps to conceal these actions:
“Parents have the right to direct the upbringing, education, and health care of their children—without government interference. Schools should never hide vital information from parents, yet that’s exactly what the Rockford Public School District did. District employees didn’t even notify Dan and Jennifer Mead—let alone seek their consent—before beginning to call their young daughter by a masculine name and male pronouns. Worse, district policy required altering official records to conceal the district’s actions. By intentionally concealing this information from the Meads, the school district violated their constitutional right as parents to make decisions about their daughter’s upbringing, education, and healthcare. We will continue to work toward final victory for the Mead family.”
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