The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Mirabelli v. Bonta is a landmark victory for parental rights. In a per curiam opinion, the Court granted emergency relief to parents challenging California policies that required school officials to hide a student's gender identity information from their own parents. The majority found that these secrecy policies likely violated both parents' free exercise of religion and their fundamental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.

While the case concerned specific California policies, its implications reach far beyond the Golden State—reshaping the legal landscape for secret gender transition policies in schools nationwide.

Watch the full Federalist Society panel discussion on what this decision signals for the future of parental rights, featuring Thomas More Society's Peter Breen, ADF's John Bursch, Sarah Parshall Perry of Defending Education, and moderator Eric Rassbach of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

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