First on FOX: Republican lawmakers We are reintroducing the reintroduction method to ensure that parents seeking to raise only children of biological sex do not face any extra obstacles in the adoption and upbringing process.
The “Safe Family Act” would prevent agencies receiving federal funds from rejecting those parents or putting in place additional hurdles or surveillance.
Law introduced by Sens. Jim Banks Indiana and Tom Cotton of Arkansas, as well as Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, ensure that adoptive parents are not obligated to perform “medical, surgical, or psychological treatment” that attempt to change the gender identity of their children.
Senator Jim Bank of the US Capitol on November 12th, 2024. (Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images)
“Children are safe, loving homes and parents should not block adoption or upbringing just because they oppose irreversible sexual change procedures for their children. This bill ensures that families are not punished by using common sense.”
Senator Cotton He said the law would help address “radical gender policies.” Part of the bill’s inspiration comes from Biden-era Department of Health and Human Services rules that ensure children are placed in homes that affirm sexual orientation and gender identity in 2023. When that rule was announced, Banks introduced the law when he was in the House of Representatives, but it did not move forward.
President Donald Trump has recognized former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines before signing Nomen in the Women’s Sports Executive Order in the East Room of the White House on February 5, 2025. (via Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP Getty Images)
President Donald Trump has taken multiple enforcement measures related to transgender policy, calling for an attempt to limit “medical intervention” for people under the age of 19, and has taken several enforcement measures related to transgender policies, including allowing federally funded agencies to only allow biological women. Women’s sports programs. The lawsuit faces legal opposition, including a transgender military ban that the Supreme Court can now proceed as the lawsuit is ongoing.
“We must advocate for the right of parents to raise children in ways that reflect reality and protect the future. Safe Family Law ensures that it is not excluded from adopting simply to have common sense and to confront dangerous gender ideologies that threaten the well-being of children,” Miller said.
USA Fencing is preparing to change transgender policies in a federal investigation.
Rep. Mary Miller will speak at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 15, 2021. (Sarasilviger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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As of 2022, there were over 368,000 children in the foster care system. 109,000 children “We were waiting to be hired,” according to the latest 2023 adoption and foster parent analysis and reporting system report.
Elizabeth Elkind of Fox News contributed to this report.
