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Say No to Mutilation: Abolish Medical Transition Abuse for Minors

THIS COMMENT DRIVE IS NOW COMPLETE. THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION RECEIVED AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE OF MORE THAN 12,000 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE HARMS OF SO-CALLED “GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE” FOR MINORS. INDEPENDENT WOMEN ALONE MOBILIZED 2,000 CITIZENS—REPRESENTING 15% OF THE TOTAL. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP. READ MORE

Too many children have been told by medical professionals that they were born in the wrong body and mutilated under the banner of so-called “gender-affirming care.”

The truth? These children—and in many cases, their parents—have been lied to.

These barbaric drug and surgical regimens are not life savers for transgender-identifying children—they lead to life-long medical complications.

Testosterone leaves girls with vaginal atrophy and lacerations, clitoral enlargement, facial hair growth, vocal hoarseness, menstrual irregularity and suppression, as well as suppression of ovulation, which can lead to sterility.
Estrogen puts boys at higher risk for blood clots and sterility.
Surgeries like vaginoplasty—which surgically cut off the penis and create a gaping wound (“neovagina”) that is prone to infection—and double mastectomy are irreversible.

Thankfully, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now investigating whether the pediatric gender medicine industry has deceived families by hiding risks and making false claims. As Independent Women ambassador Prisha Mosley, a detransitioner, told the FTC, “This is the greatest medical scandal of our lifetimes. Doctors are selling patients snake oil—no human can change sex.”

It’s well past time to call this so-called “gender-affirming care” out for what it actually is: a lie. Our most vulnerable Americans—our children—deserve better.

We have until September 26th at 11:59PM ET to weigh in. Use the form to easily submit a comment directly to the Federal Trade Commission and urge them to crack down on the mutilation of minors.

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Tell the Department of Labor to Expand In-Home Care

THIS COMMENT DRIVE IS NOW COMPLETE. INDEPENDENT WOMEN MEMBERS SENT OVER 1,500 UNIQUE COMMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP. READ MORE

Speak Up Before Sept. 2 at 11:59 PM ET

Too many families are struggling to find affordable in-home care for aging loved ones. Outdated federal regulations—specifically the 2013 Home Care Rule—have made it more difficult (and more expensive), if not impossible, for seniors to get the care they need at home.

This rule removed a key exemption in federal labor law, forcing most in-home caregivers into rigid overtime requirements. That means:

Families can’t secure the kind of care their loved ones need
Aging Americans are pushed into institutions, under-the-table arrangements, or left attempting to provide the care themselves

But there is hope.

The Trump administration’s Department of Labor has proposed a new rule to reverse the 2013 changes and help make in-home care more affordable and accessible for seniors.

If finalized, this Trump rule would:

Reinstate the pre-2013 definition of companionship services, allowing many in-home caregivers, including those employed through third-parties, to qualify for an exemption from overtime requirements once again.
Make in-home care more accessible and affordable again, so more families could find the help they need in the comfort of their own homes.
Give families and workers more freedom and flexibility.

Now is the time to speak up: We have until September 2 at 11:59PM ET to weigh in.

Use the form to easily submit a comment directly to the Department of Labor and urge them to move forward with this important rule.

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Thank you West Virginia for Defining What a Woman Is!

West Virginia knows what a woman is! Governor Morrisey recently signed the commonsense “Riley Gaines Act” into law.

“The Riley Gaines Act”:

Fortifies the definitions of “male” and “female” terms in law;
Protects the existence of women’s single-sex spaces;
Protects the integrity of sex-based data collection.

Thank the West Virginia Legislature and Governor Morrisey for standing with women! West Virginia is leading the way in safeguarding the rights and privacy of women and girls!

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Meta Oversight Board Comment Drive

Meta (Facebook and Instagram) has almost 4 billion active users and moderates content based on Community Standards. Its “Bullying and Harassment” Community Standard generally requires removal of targeted bullying against children and bullying that the victim specifically asks to be removed. This means that videos of trans-identifying men entering women’s sports and spaces, or generally identifying these males as males, is allowed on Meta platform. And for good cause. Frank discussion about and the visualization of trans-identifying males in women’s sports and spaces has been crucial to protecting women, and preserving truth itself.

But all that may change.

Meta’s Oversight Board is considering removing two videos that currently abide by Community Standards: one of a trans-identifying male in a women’s bathroom, who asserts a right to be there, and another of a male winning a women’s athletic competition, upsetting many participants and their parents. We believe these two videos are here and here.

In this removal process, the Oversight Board is considering “policy recommendations” that would better consider “the rights of transgender people, especially for access to single-sex spaces and participation in sporting events.” The Oversight Board’s removal decisions are final. Its policy recommendations are not final, but extremely influential to changing Meta’s Community Standards.

The stakes could not be higher. If truthful, real-life discussions about biological sex are banned from Meta, the uniqueness of womanhood, not to mention the progress of women, will be eroded. A speech-prohibitive policy would cripple any large-scale movement to protect women’s sports, domestic abuse shelters, prisons, or overnight camps. But censoring the truth has consequences far beyond this. Threatening the reality of sex works to dissolve the very fabric of our society.

Independent Women’s Forum plans to submit comments on behalf of women and men across this country who wish to speak honestly on this topic. Use this form to tell Meta why this speech matters to you, this country, and our future generation.

The Left will say that leaving these sorts of videos up threatens lives. That’s dangerous and false, but it’s one that will resonate with decision makers at Meta. The trans-identifying population is online and does have a high suicidality rate, and Meta is cognizant of that. Those in favor of women, truth, equal dignity, civilization, speech, inner peace, and happiness must be equally serious.

To that end, the best type of comment could address, for example:

How sex-based speech (including videos) protects women;
How sex-based speech informs the public to best accommodate both trans-identifying individuals and women in tandem;
How censorship of sex-based speech would cause harm in ways the Board may not be thinking about;
How sex-based speech is not harassment;
How social transition ultimately harms many trans-identifying individuals; or
That Meta would lose credibility as an organization for taking such an extreme position.

While comments should recognize the enormity of the consequences, be compassionate, persuasive, and thoughtful in your entries.

For those wishing to submit a more robust comment to Meta directly, click here.