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Burgess Owens: “At least 21,000 schools in 1200 districts covering over 12…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

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"Sex is a biological fact, not an ideological whim." Owens Debates Bill Protecting Children

Published | Video Starts at 01:22

This is madness. If a child is struggling with gender dysphoria, parents should be the first to know, not the last. Right now, according to Defending education, At least 21,000 schools in 1200 districts covering over 12 million students have policies to prevent faculty and staff from disclosing a student's gender identity to his own parents without the student's permission. This is simply unacceptable. If a child needs a permission slip signed to go to a field trip, a school should never think they have the right to social transition to the same child without informing his or her parents. (01:22–01:36)

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Claims that many schools have policies preventing disclosure of a student's gender identity to parents without permission.

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