Hal Frampton

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Joining us to talk about what governments can and can't require of providers and parents of transgender minors, Hal Frampton, Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Conscience Initiatives at Alliance Defending Freedom.

Hal, welcome.

Thanks, Todd.

A- and then in terms of providers, I think that in the way that states regulate the practice of medicine, they can preclude doctors from doing things that are dangerous and that don't, don't help people.

What they can't do [chuckles] is, is violate a doctor's conscience by saying, "You must perform a procedure or provide a medication that violates your conscience."

Hal Frampton is Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Conscience Initiatives at Alliance Defending Freedom.

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According to ADF, the school failed to report the incident as required by Washington state law until media reports surfaced.

ADF attorney Hal Frampton told the Center Square that Keeler has paid a great price in standing up for herself.

"She is extraordinarily brave to stand up for women and girls and to tell her story.

No one wants to tell a story of sexual assault to the entire world," said Hampton.

She wants Title IX assurances to be, um, given to her, and at this point, that's not happening, so this emergency appeal.

So here is a conversation I had last month with one of her attorneys at ADF, Hal Frampton.

She's been through an immense amount.

She's extraordinarily brave, um, to stand up for, for women and girls like this and to tell her story publicly, a story that, you know, uh, no, no one wants to, to tell a story of sexual assault like this to the entire world.