It’s Time to Push for Reform

As 45 states start their legislative sessions this month, now is the time for you and me to push lawmakers to champion necessary child welfare reform. Last summer, we presented model language for a bill that would provide due process before a name goes on a child abuse registry. Volunteers in more than a dozen…

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Gearing Up for 2021

We knew there would be challenges ahead of us with the start of the 2021 legislative season this week. We were preparing for them. But crunch time is no longer coming; crunch time is here. In preparation for the new COVID vaccines DC passed a law on December 23 that puts 11-year-olds in the position…

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Holiday Greetings from ParentalRights.org

As we approach this special season, the ParentalRights.org team wishes you and your loved ones all the joy and light, peace and warmth of this time. May your days be filled with hope as we approach the new year. From our family to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Warmly, Michael RameyExecutive Director

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Urgent DC Bill Update

The DC bill allowing minors to consent to vaccination without their parent’s knowledge or consent, the bill that would keep any knowledge of the vaccination from the child’s parents even long after the fact, has finally been delivered to the desk of DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. If you live in the District, we would ask…

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Your Help is Needed

I’m writing to you today with a special request from our team at ParentalRights.org. #GivingTuesday is coming December 1, and we need your help. As you might have read in our last newsletter, this isn’t just any #GivingTuesday. This year we’ve set our most ambitious goal yet and received the most generous matching donation in…

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Happy Thanksgiving!

As we gather with our families this year, we will be giving thanks for you! We are beyond grateful for your courage and faithfulness to stand with us to defend families through the protection of parental rights, particularly in the midst of all the challenges 2020 has brought. The world is a very different place…

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Breaking: Minor Consent Bill Postponed

[Update 11/18: The Council voted 10 to 3 yesterday to pass this dangerous bill. It will be going to the mayor for signing and then sit for a review period before Congress, as described below.] The DC bill that would allow 11 year olds to consent to vaccinations was scheduled for second reading and final…

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Mom Hogtied and Arrested Over Nothing Case

Vanessa Peoples knows all too well about parental rights abuses. She was a 25-year-old nursing student when a “wellness visit” to check on her children turned into an all-out assault on her family and home. And none of it was called for. According to this article by Diane Redleaf at Reason, the story began in…

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State Efforts Moving Forward for 2021

It’s hard to see 2021 from here, what with another full month of hurricane season, elections looming in November, fires raging out west, and unrest continuing in cities across the nation. Yet we are excited to be working with volunteers in 16 different states on securing lawmakers to introduce parental rights legislation in the coming…

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Good News, Tennessee!

The Tennessee Department of Education issued a letter this weekend completely withdrawing child wellbeing guidance that last week caused a tremendous outcry due to parental rights and family privacy concerns. That letter, addressed to the Tennessee legislature and forwarded to us by one of our friends there, is attached here. Last week’s policy guidance, created…

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