Transgender Politics: Maine Bill Threatens Parental Rights

You know what they say if at first you don’t succeed. Last Tuesday, at a marathon, nine-and-a-half-hour hearing before the legislature’s Health Coverage, Insurance, and Financial Services Committee, Maine progressives tried again to curb parental rights.

Earlier this year, I covered my beloved home state’s legislation to remove parents’ custody of their children for the crime of rejecting the latest fads in gender ideology. Grassroots backlash led by Representative Katrina Smith managed to stall that effort in the legislature’s Judiciary Committee. Last Tuesday, progressives tried to sneak a new, more expansive bill through a different committee.

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James Erwin

James Erwin is a native of Yarmouth, Maine, and an alumnus of Bates College. He works on free-speech and tech policy in Washington, D.C.

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You know what they say if at first you don’t succeed. Last Tuesday, at a marathon, nine-and-a-half-hour hearing before the legislature’s Health Coverage, Insurance, and Financial Services Committee, Maine progressives tried again to curb parental rights.

Earlier this year, I covered my beloved home state’s legislation to remove parents’ custody of their children for the crime of rejecting the latest fads in gender ideology. Grassroots backlash led by Representative Katrina Smith managed to stall that effort in the legislature’s Judiciary Committee. Last Tuesday, progressives tried to sneak a new, more expansive bill through a different committee.