Posts Tagged ‘#ParentalRights’
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…
Read MoreGearing 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…
Read MoreHappy New Year from ParentalRights.org
After an unusually long year, ParentalRights.org would like to wish you and your loved ones a Happy 2021!! May you find peace and joy as we start the year ahead. Warmly, Michael RameyExecutive
Read MoreUrgent 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…
Read MoreAre Your Children at Risk?
Our rights and our families are in danger, and I’m hoping you can help. It’s only natural that children flourish best when they are raised and cared for by their parents, the people who know and love them best. And while the vast majority of parents are good and loving, our government has systems in…
Read MoreYour 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…
Read MoreBreaking: 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…
Read MoreIt Finally Happened: Child Taken Due to COVID-19
Well, it looks like they’ve finally done it. We’ve been watching for it all along, hoping against hope that the System would prove us wrong and somehow behave itself. But we kept watching, because we know what the System is made of. Sure enough, it appears it has finally happened. “Today in dependency court madness,…
Read MoreGathering to Take Away Your Parental Rights
We’ve known it for years: extreme self-identified “experts” will argue away your right to make the best decisions for your child. We knew it last year when Dr. Barbara Knox, who was put on administrative leave from her Wisconsin hospital for bullying colleagues into supporting child abuse allegations–even in the absence of any medical evidence–ended…
Read MoreLetter to Congress Opposes Tripling CAPTA Budget
Last week ParentalRights.org sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to reject any boost to Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) funding unless Congress is ready to make serious changes to how the program works.
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