An Attack on Family, Fairness, and Freedom

Parental rights are under siege by government schools that are emboldened by judicial activism

Last week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Foote v. Ludlow School Committee that parents have no right to know if a school is steering their child toward gender dysphoria.

In 2020, an 11-year-old girl in Baird Middle School in Ludlow, Massachusetts began struggling with gender confusion and other mental health issues. The school was encouraging gender dysphoria through practices like asking students to use their “pronouns” in class assignments and sending students “unsolicited LGBTQ-themed video suggestions.” When the young girl’s parents learned she was experiencing mental health difficulties, they immediately sought help from a professional and explicitly asked the school not to discuss gender dysphoria with their child.

“Please allow us to address this as a family and with the proper professionals,” they wrote to school staff and administrators.

Nevertheless, when the girl told staff she was “genderqueer,” they immediately began to affirm her dysphoria. They started addres…