GOP Senators Unveil Bill To Stand Up For Parent’s Fight Against Left-Wing Gender Ideology

Republican Sens. Jim Banks of Indiana and Tom Cotton of Arkansas will introduce legislation Wednesday to stand up for parents fighting against left-wing gender ideology.

The act, titled the “Guaranteeing Unalienable and Anatomical Rights for Dependents” (GUARD) Act, would disqualify states from some federal funds if it discriminates against parents or guardians by forcing them to recognize a child’s professed gender identity that is different from his or her biological sex.

State governments would also be ineligible for Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) funds if its child protective services take adverse actions against parents or guardians in custody disputes for opposing “medical, surgical, pharmacological, psychological treatment” related to affirming a child’s imagined gender identity, according to bill text shared exclusively with the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

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States across the country have removed children from parents’ custody who refuse to recognize their child’s professed gender identity, as previously reported by DCNF.

“Parents who wish to raise their children according to their biological sex should be able to do so without fearing that they will be taken away,” a release providing background on the bill and shared with the DCNF states.

President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass legislation criminalizing child sex changes during his joint address to Congress Tuesday evening.

“Our message to every child in America is that you are perfect exactly the way God made you,” Trump