Parental Rights: A Casualty of Anti-Transgender Legislation by Robert Pokorski

Robert Pokorski critiques recent anti-transgender legislation in Texas, highlighting how such laws, framed as protecting parental rights, paradoxically strip parents of the freedom to make medical decisions for their transgender children. He argues that these policies distract from critical issues like child poverty, healthcare deficits, and gun violence, prioritizing the eradication of transgender identities over addressing real public health challenges. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://secularhumanism.org/2025/01/parental-rights-a-casualty-of-anti-transgender-legislation/ About the Author: Robert Pokorski, MD, is the author of Same Same, but Different: A Life Beyond Certainty. He can be reached at [email protected]. Subscribe to Free Inquiry: https://secularhumanism.org/subscribe/ Free Inquiry Audio Edition is a production of The Council for Secular Humanism and the Center for Inquiry.