Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School Board

This amicus brief filed in the First Circuit case Amber Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School Board, et al. (No. 24-1509), was submitted by the Child & Parental Rights Campaign, Inc. (CPRC), with Mary E. McAlister as counsel, supporting parent Amber Lavigne’s appeal of the district court’s dismissal of her case. The brief argues that the school’s actions—allowing staff to affirm Lavigne’s child’s transgender identity and provide a chest binder without parental consent—violate Lavigne’s Fourteenth Amendment due process rights to direct her child’s upbringing, a stance central to CPRC’s advocacy for parental authority. CPRC’s direct involvement as amicus curiae underscores its position against school policies that exclude parents from decisions involving gender identity, pushing for judicial recognition of Lavigne’s fundamental parental rights.