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Recap: NC Values Press Conference in Support of HB 606 and HB 791

(Payton McNabb)

(Stacy Metcalf)

(Chloe Button)

(Chloe Howe)


(Full Press Conference)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30th, 2025
Contact: Ashley Vaughan
[email protected]

Recap: NC Values Coalition Press Conference in Support of Women’s Safety and Protection Act and Extending the Statute of Limitations for Detransitioners

This morning the NC Values Coalition hosted a press conference in support of HB 606, a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for detransitioners to sue for medical malpractice, and SB 516/HB 791, the Women’s Safety and Protection Act.

Speaking in support of the bills, NC Values Coalition Executive Directive Tami Fitzgerald said, “We need to roll back the harmful effects of gender ideology in NC by protecting women and girls from policies that deprive them of safety and privacy, and by creating a path to justice for detransitioners who have been taken advantage of for profit and are now suffering from irreversible, life-long damage to their bodies.”

Speakers in support of HB 606 included two detransitioners, Prisha Mosely and Elle Palmer. They shared their stories of the mental and physical problems they continue to experience as a result of the gender transition interventions they underwent.

Speakers in support of SB 516/HB 791 included Payton McNabb, Stacy Metcalf from Moms For Liberty, Chloe Button (an 8th grader from Buncombe County), Chloe Howe from NC Values Coalition (sharing the story of Ruby Leis, a high schooler from Asheville).

Background:

HB 606 would extend the statute of limitations for detransitioners to sue for medical malpractice. In the past decade, countless patients have undergone irreversible gender transition interventions believing they were scientifically sound and necessary for their mental well-being. But these interventions were not supported by science and, in many cases, used with vulnerable minors and young adults who could not fully comprehend the long-term impact of their decisions. Furthermore, the full extent of the damage from these interventions often is not revealed until years later. Victims may not discover issues like infertility, long-term psychological effects, or physical complications including cancer and bone density loss for many years. HB 606 extends the statute of limitations for medical malpractice lawsuits related to gender transition interventions to 10 years.

The Women’s Safety and Protection Act (SB 516 /HB 791) defines the two sexes based on biology, not identity, so that laws and policies meant to protect women and girls are not invalidated by males identifying as females. It also designates private spaces – restrooms, locker rooms, sleeping quarters, and changing rooms –  by biological sex, not identity, in specific settings including schools, prisons, and rape crisis centers. When women and girls are robbed of their privacy, safety, and dignity when men and boys are allowed to enter their private spaces. NC schools should never be allowed to adopt policies that put girls on the front lines of the gender ideology confusion. And NC should not jeopardize female inmates’ safety and privacy by allowing men in private women’s spaces in correctional facilities.

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ADVISORY: NC Values Hosting a Press Conference in Support of Women’s Safety and Protection Act on Wednesday

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April 29th, 2025
Contact: Ashley Vaughan
[email protected]

NC Values Hosting a Press Conference in Support of Women’s Safety and Protection Act and Extending the Statute of Limitations for Detransitioners

*MEDIA ADVISORY*

What: NC Values Coalition is hosting a press conference in support of the Women’s Safety and Protection Act (SB 516/HB 791) and a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for detransitioners to sue for medical malpractice (HB 606).

Who: Speakers from NC Values Coalition, parents, and students from across the state will share experiences of women and girls being forced to share private spaces with men and boys. Detransitioners will speak on the ongoing medical problems they experience due to the gender transition interventions they underwent.

Where: In front of the Legislative Building, Assembly Area #2

When: Wednesday, April 30 at 9:30 am

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PR: NC House Passes HB 636 to Protect Students from Sexually Explicit Materials in Public Schools

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April 16th, 2025
Contact: Ashley Vaughan
[email protected]

NC HOUSE PASSES HB 636 TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIALS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

RALEIGH, NC — Today, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed House Bill 636 to solve the urgent problem of pornographic materials in NC public schools. The bill sets statewide standards for identifying and removing sexually explicit and pervasively vulgar materials from public school libraries. The goal of this legislation is to protect students from early sexualization and harmful psychological impacts of pornography exposure.

“Exposing children to sexual images and concepts—especially perverse ones—is a grave moral wrong,” said NC Values Coalition Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald. “We are grateful to the NC House members that sponsored and supported this urgently needed bill. We must protect children from exposure to books that rob them of their innocence and cause emotional harm instead of helping them grow and thrive.”

HB 636 was crafted in response to growing concern among parents and community members that public school libraries contain inappropriate books with sexually graphic content.In Wake County alone, 54 schools possess books such as Gender Queer, Lawn Boy, and Push—each containing graphic sexual content that many believe has no place in the education of children. Polls show that the overwhelming majority of parents support removing these materials from schools.

What HB 636 Does:

  • Requires each school district to adopt a policy for selecting and removing books and materials, using clear, statewide criteria

  • Prohibits materials that include descriptions or visual depictions of sexual activity or pervasive vulgarity

  • Ensures donated books and book fair titles are screened for explicit content

  • Empowers parents to review and object to specific books and gives them recourse if the law is violated

Janet Peterson of the Pavement Education Project, which has helped expose thousands of explicit titles in NC schools, said, “We’ve identified over 38,000 harmful books across 104 school districts. These aren’t children’s classics—we’re talking about erotic fiction and ‘how-to’ guides for sexual acts. It’s heartbreaking and outrageous.”

The primary sponsors of the bill are Representatives Neal Jackson, Brian Biggs, David Willis, and Jennifer Balkcom.

The bill now moves to the North Carolina Senate for consideration. Advocates are urging swift passage to protect students across the state.

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Laura Macklem
Laura MacklemPress & Political Director, NC Values

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