Published July 25, 2026 at 12:05 PM ET · Updated July 25, 2026 at 2:09 PM ET
Minnesota classrooms to receive transgender dolls with removable genitalia
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Transgender dolls with removable genitalia are set to be available for Minnesota schoolchildren as young as four years old. The program is reportedly backed by Governor Tim Walz.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Parents challenging gender-identity materials in young children's classrooms would find support in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which granted a preliminary injunction to parents who objected to LGBTQ+-inclusive storybooks in the elementary curriculum once opt-outs were rescinded. Pierce v. Society of Sisters supplies the foundation: parents hold a protected liberty to direct the upbringing and education of their children.
Mahmoud v. Taylor 606 U.S. 522 (2025)
Vote: 6-3
Religious parents challenging Montgomery County's introduction of LGBTQ+-inclusive storybooks into the elementary English curriculum — combined with its rescission of notice and opt-outs — are entitled to a preliminary injunction.
Pierce v. Society of Sisters 268 U.S. 510 (1925)
Vote: 9-0
Oregon's Compulsory Education Act (Laws Or. 1923, p. 9, effective September 1, 1926), which required nearly every child aged 8-16 to attend public school, 'unreasonably interferes with the liberty of parents and guardians to direct the upbringing and education of children under their control.' Core lines: 'The fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this Union repose excludes any general power of the state to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only.
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