Families are the most important, and most influential, Republican Party constituency. In order to help family voters make an informed choice in the upcoming GOP presidential primary, American Principles Project has assembled the following scorecard to track the leading candidates on the stances regarding the issues of greatest importance to families in 2024.
Families are the most important, and most influential, Republican Party constituency. In order to help family voters make an informed choice in the upcoming GOP presidential primary, American Principles Project has assembled the following scorecard to track the leading candidates on the stances regarding the issues of greatest importance to families in 2024.
Candidate
Federal Ban on Sex-Changes for Minors
Federally Defund Sex Change Procedures
Federal Women’s Sports Protections
Federally Ban Trans Indoctrination in Schools
Protect Kids from Online Porn at Federal Level
Ban Racial Discrimination in Federal Government
Candidate
Donald Trump
Federal Ban on Sex-Changes for Minors
Trump has promised to “pass a law prohibiting child sexual mutilation in all 50 states.” He also supports terminating doctors and hospitals who perform such procedures from Medicaid and Medicare, the creation of a private right of action for minor victims to sue, and will investigate Big Pharma for their role in promoting these procedures and covering up the long-term side effects.
Defund Sex-Change Procedures
Trump has promised to “[s]ign a new executive order instructing every federal agency to cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age” and “[a]sk Congress to permanently stop federal taxpayer dollars from being used to promote or pay for these procedures.”
Federal Women’s Sports Protections
Trump has promised to promote federal legislation establishing that “Title IX prohibits men from participating in women’s sports.”
Defund Transgender Indoctrination in Schools
Trump has promised that “[m]y Department of Education will inform states and school districts that if any teacher or school official suggests to a child that they could be trapped in the wrong body, they will be faced with severe consequences, including potential Civil Rights violations for sex discrimination, and the elimination of federal funding.”
Protect Kids from Online Porn
Trump has not released a statement regarding age verification requirements for pornography sites.
Ban Racial Discrimination in Federal Government
Trump has promised to rescind Biden’s policies of racial discrimination in the federal government, to instruct his Department of Justice to make clear that such programs are illegal, and to investigate and provide restitution for the civil rights abuses carried out under Biden’s equity regime.
Candidate
Vivek Ramaswamy
Federal Ban on Sex-Changes for Minors
Ramaswamy “says he would sign a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors if it reaches his desk in the White House. ‘It’s actually the compassionate thing to do for children,’ he said.”
Defund Sex-Change Procedures
Ramaswamy has proposed using federal funding to ensure states ban “genital mutilation” and “chemical castration.”
Federal Women’s Sports Protections
Ramaswamy has signed a pledge stating: “Under my Administration, the status and dignity of women and girls will not be compromised in law or policy. That sex is binary is a scientific reality, and all federal agencies will be directed to uphold this fact in every policy and program at home and abroad. A persons’ claim of “gender identity” does not overrule their sex. My Administration will focus on affirming sex-based distinctions that protect women in every area, such as shelters, prisons, housing, healthcare, defense, education, and sports.”
Defund Transgender Indoctrination in Schools
We could not find a specific promise to ban transgender indoctrination in public schools.
Protect Kids from Online Porn
Ramaswamy has not released a statement regarding age verification requirements for pornography sites.
Ban Racial Discrimination in Federal Government
Ramaswamy has promised to ban racial preferencing and discrimination in the federal government.
Candidate
Nikki Haley
Federal Ban on Sex-Changes for Minors
Haley has indicated she would support such a ban.
Defund Sex-Change Procedures
Haley “has said she believes transgender young people should not be allowed to medically transition until they are at least 18, and even then, ‘we shouldn’t have taxpayer dollars going to that.’”
Federal Women’s Sports Protections
Haley has signed a pledge stating: “Under my Administration, the status and dignity of women and girls will not be compromised in law or policy. That sex is binary is a scientific reality, and all federal agencies will be directed to uphold this fact in every policy and program at home and abroad. A persons’ claim of “gender identity” does not overrule their sex. My Administration will focus on affirming sex-based distinctions that protect women in every area, such as shelters, prisons, housing, healthcare, defense, education, and sports.”
Defund Transgender Indoctrination in Schools
We could not find a specific promise to ban transgender indoctrination in public schools.
Protect Kids from Online Porn
Haley has not released a statement regarding age verification requirements for pornography sites.
Ban Racial Discrimination in Federal Government
We could not find a specific commitment regarding racial discrimination in the federal government.
Candidate
Ron DeSantis
Federal Ban on Sex-Changes for Minors
DeSantis’ campaign has said that there will be “no compromise” on this matter, but he has stopped short of endorsing any specific federal policy.
Defund Sex-Change Procedures
DeSantis has stated: “My stand on taxpayer funded sex changes and gender transition is that I am against using your tax dollars to do that.”
Federal Women’s Sports Protections
DeSantis has promised that “we’re going to protect girls and women athletes — Title IX — make sure that they have the opportunities that they deserve. It’s very, very important.”
Defund Transgender Indoctrination in Schools
DeSantis has not released any federal education policy, and his campaign did not respond to questions from The New York Times asking if he would pursue bans on gender indoctrination in public schools as president.
Protect Kids from Online Porn
DeSantis has not released a statement regarding age verification requirements for pornography sites.
Ban Racial Discrimination in Federal Government
While DeSantis has released a plan to end racial discrimination in the military, we could not find promises from him pertaining to the federal government as a whole.
Candidate
Asa Hutchinson
Federal Ban on Sex-Changes for Minors
Hutchinson has said that he would support a federal ban on sex-change surgeries for minors, but does not believe that puberty blockers or cross-sex hormonal injection should be banned, either at the federal or the state level.
Defund Sex-Change Procedures
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Hutchinson stated: “I don’t believe that taxpayers’ funds should be used for transgender surgery or treatment through Medicaid or Medicare or in our military.”
Federal Women’s Sports Protections
Hutchinson told The New York Times, “Biological males should not participate in women’s sports. This is most appropriately handled at the state level, but I would sign a law protecting women’s sports if Congress passed it.”
Defund Transgender Indoctrination in Schools
We could not find a specific promise to ban transgender indoctrination in public schools.
Protect Kids from Online Porn
Hutchinson has not released a statement regarding age verification requirements for pornography sites.
Ban Racial Discrimination in Federal Government
We could not find a specific commitment regarding racial discrimination in the federal government.
Candidate
Chris Christie
Federal Ban on Sex-Changes for Minors
Christie has said that the decision to mutilate a gender-confused child should involve parents, but “should not be one that’s excluded by the government in any way.”
Defund Sex-Change Procedures
We could not find a specific statement regarding taxpayer funding of sex-change procedures.
Federal Women’s Sports Protections
While Christie has stated, “Biological males should not be allowed to participate against biological females,” we could not find any specific commitment regarding federal legislation.
Defund Transgender Indoctrination in Schools
Speaking of transgenderism, Christie has said that he does not believe that the government should get involved in regulating education.
Protect Kids from Online Porn
Christie has not released a statement regarding age verification requirements for pornography sites.
Ban Racial Discrimination in Federal Government
We could not find a specific commitment regarding racial discrimination in the federal government.
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