Parental Rights in Connecticut
Connecticut Parental Rights News
Meeting Scheduled to Defend Parental Rights on Vaccinations
Dear Champion of Parental Rights in Connecticut, In recent months, bills have been passed or introduced in several states, including California, New York, and North Carolina, that would remove all exemptions from the government-mandated vaccination schedule except in a few specific medical cases. This removes from parents the fundamental right to make the best informed…
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Connecticut State Law and Parental Rights
At Risk!
Connecticut does not have a state statute that explicitly defines and protects parental rights as fundamental rights.
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Connecticut Courts and Parental Rights
At Risk (Strict Scrutiny Not Applied)
Leebaert ex rel. Leebaert v. Harrington, 193 F. Supp. 2d 491, 498 (D. Conn. 2002):
"Supreme Court precedent is less clear with regard to the appropriate standard of review of parental rights claims. However, the Second Circuit has concluded that a parental rights challenge to a school's mandatory community service requirement warranted only rational basis review...Troxel does not establish a different rule requiring strict scrutiny of parental challenges to educational policies of public schools."