Parents' right to raise their children as they see fit is a time-honored American tradition, but today it is being threatened. The Supreme Court’s Troxel v. Granville decision in 2000 undermined a 75-year heritage of Constitutionally-protected, fundamental parental rights. At the same time, a growing body of international law fuels activist judges to legislate foreign standards from the American bench, while treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child would subject parental decisions to government oversight and international review. In March of this year a U.S. District court judge ordered the FDA to make the "morning-after pill" available to minors, over the counter, without consulting a physician, and without parental consent. High school kids can't take Tylenol without parental consent, but now can have an abortion. How many teens do you know that have the judgement and knowledge necessary to read and follow the instructions and warnings on a package? This is simply dangerous.
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI-2) has proposed HJR-42, the Parental Rights Amendment, to stop the erosion of parental rights in American courts while simultaneously defending our laws from international invasion. There are now 93 congressional co-sponsors. To find out if your legislator is one of them, visit parentalrights.org. Learn more about the Amendment and to join their email network by signing the petition to protect parental rights.
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