Attorneys General push back as Biden pro-trans project threatens foster agencies

An attempt by the Biden administration to impose trans dogma on the foster care system has been denounced by a group of top US legal officials.

The Attorneys General of 19 states have called on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reject a new rule that would require foster agencies to endorse radical transgender ideology.

In a letter to the HHS co-ordinated by the Attorney General of Alabama, Steve Marshall, the group warned that the pro-trans narrative “will drive individuals and organizations of faith away” from the foster care system.

Trans affirming

Biden’s proposed rule change requires what it calls “safe and appropriate placement” for foster children who are confused about their gender and sexuality.

This means agencies and carers are expected to provide for their “self-identified sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression”.

an attempt to remove faith-based providers from the foster care system

They are also expected to “utilize the child’s identified pronouns, chosen name, and allow the child to dress in an age-appropriate manner that the child believes reflects their self-identified gender identity and expression.”

Ideologically driven

The Attorneys dismissed the new rule as an attempt to “remove faith-based providers from the foster care system if they will not conform their religious beliefs on sexual orientation and gender identity”.

They stated that it “infringes on the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech”.

The letter concluded: “The proposed rule also will harm children, harm families, and harm States, all to advance an ideology. HHS should reject the proposed rule.”