California court to weigh in on fight over transgender ballot measure proposal language
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A group backing a proposed ballot measure in California that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools is battling the attorney general in court Friday, arguing he released misleading information about the proposal to the public.
The group is suing Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, in Sacramento Superior Court. They want the measure's title to be changed from the Restrict Rights of Transgender Youth initiative to the Protect Kids of California Act and update what they say is a biased summary of the proposal.
Its an abuse of the attorney generals power to oversee these ballot measures where hes legally obligated to be neutral and draft a title and summary thats impartial, said Dean McGee, a lawyer with the Liberty Justice Center, which is representing proponents of the measure.
The initiative would also ban transgender girls in grades 7 through college from participating in girls and womens sports, along with barring gender-affirming surgeries for minors, with some exceptions.
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