Protecting Children by Empowering Parents

Who We Are

We are concerned parents and citizens who care about children and are concerned by how parental rights are slipping away.

Why ParentalRights.org

Children need to be raised and represented by parents who love them, not by disconnected government officials. When it comes to raising children, parents are better than the government.

Yet more and more, parental rights are not being upheld in courts.

We are working to preserve parental rights through a Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as through state and federal legislation that will protect children by empowering parents.

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ParentalRights.org and The Parental Rights Foundation

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ParentalRights.org is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit political action organization. We work to pass legislation that will protect families by preserving parental rights, stop legislation that endangers those rights, and generally raise awareness of these issues in the public eye.

The Parental Rights Foundation is a related 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The Foundation does not promote legislation, but instead focuses on educating policymakers and the general public in order to raise awareness of these issues. The Foundation also publishes or reviews academic research papers and occasionally submits amicus briefs in individual court cases in defense of parental rights.

Contact Us

P.O. Box 1090, Purcellville, VA 20134
540.751.1200
info@parentalrights.org

Endorsements: Why They Support the Parental Rights Amendment

Shaun Alexander, 2005 NFL MVP

Dr. Stephen M. Krason, Ph.D.

Pastor Marvin L. Winans, Sr.

ParentalRights.org Board

William Estrada

William began his career with HSLDA, and he has served in the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Will served as the first full-time president of ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation. Now, Will serves as senior counsel at HSLDA.

Read more about William Estrada.

Will began his legal career working for HSLDA in January 2004 as a legal assistant to HSLDA Senior Counsel Scott Woodruff. After graduating from Oak Brook College of
Law and Government Policy with his Juris Doctor in 2006, he moved on to direct
HSLDA’s Federal Relations department and serve as HSLDA’s federal lobbyist. He
testified before Congress, drafted federal legislation to protect homeschool freedom,
and met with Members of Congress, Cabinet Secretaries, and senior officials from
federal agencies and the Executive Branch. He also advised families facing CPS
investigations as a staff attorney with HSLDA.

In addition to working for HSLDA, Will also lobbied for ParentalRights.org as the
organization’s director of government relations. He was chosen by the board of
ParentalRights.org as the organization’s Secretary in January 2017.

In 2018, Will’s career changed, when he left the private sector to take a position as a
career federal employee in the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services. Will worked to enforce federal laws protecting conscience and
religious freedom, civil rights, and anti-discrimination in the area of health and human services. Will served through two presidential administrations, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, where the Office for Civil Rights’ work was central in the federal
government’s response to the pandemic.

In November of 2021, Will resigned from the federal government, and was selected by the Board of ParentalRights.org to serve as the first full-time president of
ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation.

Will is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court bar, the California bar, and the District of
Columbia bar. He has served on the board of Life Raft International, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to helping refugees in Thailand, and he also served a two-year
term as the Chairman of the Board of Good Samaritan Advocates, a nonprofit pro bono
legal services organization in the greater Washington, D.C., area. Will and his wife,
Rachel, have two sons, Dominic and Merrick, and live in Northern Virginia.

Rick Green (Board Member)

Rick Green is a former Texas State Representative, national speaker, author, and radio host.

Michael Farris (Chairman of the Board)

Michael Farris is a constitutional appellate litigator and long-standing leader
of Christian organizations.

J. Michael Smith, J.D. (Board Member)

A licensed attorney in CA, DC, and VA, Michael Smith is the President and co-founder of Home School Legal Defense Association.