Brandt v. Rutledge

This amicus brief filed in the Eighth Circuit case Dylan Brandt, et al. v. Leslie Rutledge, et al. (No. 21-2875), was submitted by Yaacov Sheinfeld and other parents, with legal representation from Mary E. McAlister, Vernadette R. Broyles, and Joel H. Thornton of the Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc. (CPRC), supporting Arkansas defendants-appellants and reversal of the district court’s ruling. The brief defends Arkansas’s Act 626, which bans gender-modification interventions for minors, arguing it protects children and preserves parental rights, aligning with CPRC’s mission to oppose transgender medical interventions for youth. CPRC’s involvement underscores its stance against the plaintiffs’ claims that the law violates equal protection and due process, and advocating for the state’s authority to enact such protective legislation.