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100 Years of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, with Melissa Moschella
This week, our guest is Melissa Moschella, professor of practice and philosophy at Notre Dame University’s McGrath Center for Church Life. Her areas of expertise include natural law, biomedical ethics, and the family, especially parental rights. She’s also the author of To Whom Do Children Belong: Parental Rights, Civic Education, and Children’s Autonomy. This week, Melissa…
Read MoreFoundation Releases New Report on Disproportionality
I am honored and excited to announce today the release of the Parental Rights Foundation’s brand-new Disproportionality Report, now available on our website! Featuring official federal government data from the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services and from the Census Bureau, our report puts that data into a graphic format that…
Read MoreFoundation VP William Wagner Speaks at Michigan Capitol
Though mine is the voice you get to read most of the time, I am honored and grateful to work with the support of a terrific board of directors, including our vice president, constitutional law professor emeritus William Wagner. This past week, Will had the opportunity to speak at the Michigan Capitol, to educate citizens…
Read MoreFoundation Seeks to Intervene for Father on Death Row
On July 1, a Texas court set October 17 as the date for the execution of Robert Roberson, a father convicted in 2003 of killing his two-year-old daughter, according to the Texas Tribune. Last week, the Parental Rights Foundation sent a letter, cosigned by the Family Justice Resource Center, urging Texas Governor Greg Abbott to…
Read MoreHuntington Beach Joins the Fight for California Children
Some thought it was all over when California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1955 on July 15. That’s the new law that prohibits local school boards from implementing policies to notify parents before socially transitioning their children. In fact, it was only the beginning. As we reported earlier, within a week of the governor’s…
Read MorePodcast Provides Virtual Library of Parental Rights Expertise
I hear it all the time: “I found your website and I just want to know what my parental rights are.” As it happens, our EPPiC Broadcast podcast is an excellent resource for answering that question. “EPPiC” stands for “Empowering Parents, Protecting Children.” And at the EPPiC Broadcast, we are partnering with experts in many…
Read MoreOur ALEC Model Reins in Child Abuse Pediatricians
It is perhaps the most vulnerable time in the life of any family: when a parent has to take their minor child to the Emergency Department for medical care. A child is in pain, and their loving parent will do nearly anything to make that pain go away and stay away. Yet, hidden among the…
Read MoreALEC 2024 Conference Report
Above: Parental Rights Foundation President Michael Ramey with Ohio State Representative Sarah Fowler Arthur. I had a fun and productive week last week at the 51st American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. During the week, I was honored to meet several of my heroes, including our bill sponsor, Rep. Beryl Amedee…
Read MoreSo Exciting: I’m Going to Denver!
Above: Parental Rights Foundation president Michael Ramey with TJ Schmidt of the Homeschool Legal Defense Association and Louisiana State Representative Beryl Amedee. Tuesday, July 23: As I write this, I am about to fly to Denver for the annual conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). That’s the meet-up of conservative state lawmakers and…
Read MoreNew California Law Violates Constitution, Parental Rights
On Monday, July 15, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1955, ironically titled the Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth (SAFETY) Act, to prohibit schools from informing parents when their minor children seek to change their pronouns and gender identities at school. Apparently, constitutional law is not the governor’s forte.…
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