evidence: Last year, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed so-called "trans refuge" legislation, joining California and several other states in passing measures that harm vulnerable youth. The Washington Post recently came to Walz’s defense, claiming that "conservatives" were "falsely accusing him of allowing the state to terminate parental custody if parents prevent their trans children from receiving gender-affirming care." [...] Let’s not forget, just weeks before signing the law, Walz issued an executive order declaring that Minnesota is "committed to protecting access to" and establishing the state as "a refuge for those who seek and provide" transition drugs and surgeries that growing international evidence confirms cause irreversible harm to a child’s body and brain development. [...] What the Minnesota law and others like it really do is deprive our children of the one true shield and refuge against pervasive, damaging gender ideology: namely, parents. Parents love and know their children best. They alone have the right and responsibility to raise their children and protect them from harm.