Posts Tagged ‘parental rights’
Parental Rights in the States: Key Bills to Watch
Across the country, state legislatures are actively considering bills that affect parental rights. Below is a quick overview of a few key developments, with updates on where each bill stands and what it means for families. Protecting Parental Rights Ohio – Senate Bill 277 (Reasonable Childhood Independence Act) Status: Hearing scheduled for March 25 in…
Read MoreParental Rights and the Mirabelli Decision, with Vernadette R. Broyles
In this episode, Vernadette R. Broyles, Esq., President and Chief Counsel of the Child and Parental Rights Campaign, joins us to discuss the recent Mirabelli decision and its implications for parental rights. Broyles explains the background of the case and why many advocates view the ruling as a significant development in the ongoing legal debate…
Read MoreAsk the Alabama House Judiciary Committee to Vote YES on HB148
Good news! HB148 – Fundamental Rights of Parents – has been scheduled for the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 1:30 PM. This constitutional amendment protects parents as the primary decision-makers in their children’s education, upbringing, care, and control, while leaving child-protection laws unchanged. Action: Please contact each committee member before Tuesday afternoon and ask them to vote YES on HB148. Your voice matters in ensuring…
Read MoreHelp Pass Ohio’s “Reasonable Childhood Independence” Bill (SB 277)
We have good news to share with those who want to see Reasonable Childhood Independence legislation passed in Ohio. Twelve states have already passed these protections, and now Ohio has the opportunity to join them. SB 277, sponsored by State Senate Majority Floor Leader Theresa Gavarone, will be heard in the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee on March 25,…
Read MoreParental Rights Podcast Launches Twelfth Season
This week, the Parental Rights Foundation’s EPPiC Broadcast podcast launched its twelfth season with a discussion of a recent study on “Foster Care and Child Maltreatment Mortality Rates in the US.” Released in late 2025, the study challenges the decades-old narrative that taking more children into foster care reduces the number of child deaths due…
Read MoreRethinking Foster Care and Child Safety, with Kelley Fong and Frank Edwards
In this episode, Kelley Fong, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine and author of the award-winning book Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services, and Frank Edwards, Associate Professor at the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice, join us to discuss their new study examining the relationship between foster…
Read MoreCall Now to Support the Parental Rights Amendment (HB148) in Alabama
Call Now to Support the Parental Rights Amendment (HB148)! House Bill 148, sponsored by Kenneth Paschal, would add a Parental Rights Amendment to the Alabama Constitution, affirming that: Parents have the fundamental right to direct the education, upbringing, care, and control of their child. HB148 was placed on the agenda of the Alabama House Judiciary Committee…
Read MoreSupreme Court Upholds Parental Rights with Mirabelli Injunction
On Monday, March 2, 2026, the United States Supreme Court struck another note in favor of parental rights in its decision to vacate an interlocutory stay order of the Ninth Circuit in the case of Mirabelli v. Bonta. Yes, that’s a mouthful. And I’ll explain what it all means in a moment, but the TL;DR…
Read MoreAlabama Bill Targets Abuse Registry Reform
Our Central Registry Due Process model bill has made its way to Alabama! On Tuesday, Alabama Rep. Kenneth Paschal introduced House Bill 464 (HB 464) to amend the state’s legal code governing child welfare investigations. The bill would protect innocent parents by keeping any cases where child abuse or neglect is determined to be “not…
Read MoreFlorida Bill to Restore Parents’ Rights in Medical Decisions
All over the country, parents just like you are frustrated over their inability to access their child’s medical records. Age twelve or thirteen is far too young for your child to be making major medical decisions, and both you and your child’s doctor know it. Yet, somehow, you can’t see your child’s medical records without…
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