Welcome to the TMS Weekly Dispatch for March 13, 2026—with the latest news and updates from the front line, to keep you in-the-know on all things Thomas More Society. It's been a historic past two weeks for our team at TMS, following our victory at the U.S. Supreme Court in Mirabelli v. Bonta.

Here's the latest from the past week:

CALIFORNIA TRIES END-RUN AROUND SUPREME COURT'S LANDMARK MIRABELLI RULING: Just four days after the Supreme Court's historic 6-3 ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta restored a class-wide permanent injunction protecting parental rights, California filed an emergency motion with the Ninth Circuit—the very court the Supreme Court had just reversed—seeking to carve out a new "abuse exception" and rewrite the injunction's notice provision. This week, Thomas More Society attorneys filed an opposition brief arguing the Ninth Circuit has no jurisdiction to modify what is now a Supreme Court order.

At a March 9 hearing, the district court offered to modify the injunction to incorporate the Supreme Court's language and confirm that child abuse protections remain in place. California's attorneys rejected the offer.

"The district court offered California exactly what they claimed to want, and they said no," said Paul M. Jonna, TMS Special Counsel. "That tells you everything about what their latest legal maneuver is really about."

The Ninth Circuit is expected to rule on California’s request as the case continues through the appellate process. The Supreme Court’s March 2 decision, restoring protections for parents against California Parental Exclusion Policies, remains in effect. Thomas More Society will continue to defend its victory in Mirabelli v. Bonta.  

Get more details on this update, here.

MIRABELLI V. BONTA: OUR PATH TO THE SUPREME COURT: From a 2023 federal lawsuit on behalf of two courageous Escondido middle school teachers to a landmark 6-3 Supreme Court victory, the road to dismantling California's gender secrecy regime has been long and hard-fought.  

Want to know how it all began and how we got here? Explore our full case timeline, here.

7 KEY QUOTES FROM THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN MIRABELLI V. BONTA: Want to understand exactly what the Supreme Court said and why it matters? From affirming that parents are "the primary protectors of children's best interests" to finding that California's gender secrecy regime triggers strict constitutional scrutiny, we break down the seven most important lines from the landmark ruling and what they mean for families across the country.

Read the full article here.

MIRABELLI IN THE MEDIA: The Supreme Court's ruling has generated massive national coverage. Here are some top hits: ‍

Articles & Commentary: ‍

• Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori West in National Review | California Told Us To Deceive Parents, but We Said No
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• ‍Paul Jonna in New York Post Opinion |  What Newsom calls ‘policing’ gender in schools is just good parenting
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• Peter Breen in The Federalist | SCOTUS Finally Cracks Down on the Schools Secretly Transing Kids

• Reuters | US Supreme Court blocks California privacy protections for transgender students

• Associated Press | Supreme Court blocks law against schools outing transgender students to their parents in California

• Politico | Supreme Court sides with parents in lawsuit over California’s ban on ‘forced outing’ of students

• New York Times | Supreme Court Sides With Religious Parents, Blocking California’s Trans Student Policy

TV, Panels & Podcasts:

• Fox News | Peter Breen joins Fox & Friends
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• The Federalist Society Panel ft. Peter Breen | Are Secret Gender Transition Policies Unconstitutional? Mirabelli v. Bonta and the New Frontier in Parental Rights — panel featuring TMS's Peter Breen, ADF's John Bursch, and Defending Education's Sarah Parshall Perry

• The Center Square | Exclusive video interview with Paul Jonna on the Supreme Court victory

• Paul Jonna on National Review’s Radio Free California | Emergency Episode — SCOTUS Affirms California Parent Rights

CITY OF CLEARWATER AGREES TO PERMANENTLY RESTORE PRO-LIFE SPEECH RIGHTS: In Clearwater, Florida, the city passed a "buffer zone" law in 2023 that created a 38-foot no-speech zone on the public sidewalk outside an abortion facility, banning pro-life ministry Florida Preborn Rescue from distributing pamphlets with information about abortion alternatives to women in need. This week, as part of an agreement to resolve a lawsuit filed by Thomas More Society, a federal judge entered a permanent injunction blocking the city from ever enforcing the law again.

"This is a tremendous victory for the First Amendment and for every person who believes in the God-given right to speak truth in the public square," said Tyler Brooks, TMS Senior Counsel. "Clearwater tried to use the pretext of 'safety' to drive these pro-life advocates off the sidewalk and away from the women they serve…A federal court has now permanently restored our clients' rights in a resounding vindication of First Amendment rights for every pro-life voice in America."

Read the full press release here.

SEN. HAWLEY INTRODUCES BILL TO BAN CHEMICAL ABORTION DRUG: This week, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, legislation that would strip FDA approval from mifepristone, the drug used in the majority of abortions nationwide, and empower women harmed by the drug to sue its manufacturers. At a Capitol Hill press conference, women shared powerful testimonies about complications and coercion they experienced after taking the abortion pill.

Thomas More Society applauds Senator Hawley's efforts to protect women and preborn children from the dangers of chemical abortion. We know how devastating these drugs can be, and we also know that when women are given a second chance, lives are saved. With more than 8,000 lives saved through the Abortion Pill Rescue Network and counting, the stakes could not be higher.

That's why Thomas More Society is fighting in court from California to New York to defend pregnancy centers' right to share the truth about lifesaving Abortion Pill Reversal. In California, the Attorney General is suing the very organizations that help women like these—claiming it's "fraud" to tell them about APR. After two years of hard-fought litigation, we've taken the state's arguments apart piece by piece and found zero consumer complaints and zero evidence that APR is harmful. We have a hearing scheduled in The People of the State of California v. Heartbeat International & RealOptions for April 15.