As the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Colorado case on the rights of parents to "direct the care, custody, and control of their children," three conservative justices agreed with the denial but nonetheless expressed concern about allegations of public schools encouraging or assisting a minor's gender transition "without parental knowledge."

In Jonathan Lee, et al. v. Poudre School District R-1, the petitioners — two sets of parents and two minor children — asked the high court in July to answer the question of whether a "school district may discard the presumption that fit parents act in the best interests of their children" and place itself in that role.

In a brief statement attached to SCOTUS' Tuesday orders list , Justice Samuel Alito led the charge, joined by Justices Clarence

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