Posts Tagged ‘parental rights’
Email Today to Support “The Brittany Patterson Act” in Georgia
House Bill 552 (HB 552), “The Brittany Patterson Act,” has been introduced in the Georgia legislature and assigned to the House Committee on Judiciary Justice. Today, I am asking for your help to move this bill forward in committee. On October 30, 2024, Brittany Patterson was arrested when her almost-eleven-year-old-son was found walking home from…
Read MoreCall to Support SB110 in the Georgia Senate
Senate Bill 110 (SB 110), a bill to revise the definition of “neglect” to provide “reasonable childhood independence” for minors and protect the rights of their parents to give them this independence, is slated for a hearing in the Senate Children and Families Committee either this Tuesday (2/11) or next (2/18). Introduced by Senator Jason…
Read MoreLegislative Update: Three Letters
Sometimes, the Parental Rights Foundation lets you know about legislation in the works in your state and urges you to contact your lawmakers to support (or, when necessary, to oppose) the bill in question. Other times, the proper approach is to send a letter of support (or opposition) to the appropriate lawmaker or committee. Already…
Read MoreEarly Victories This Legislative Session
The 2025 legislative session is barely underway, and already we’re seeing victories for parental rights. First, in Virginia, a bill aimed at removing the state’s religious exemption for homeschoolers was defanged in the Senate Committee on Education and Health. Senate Bill 1031 (SB1031), sponsored by Sen. Stella Pekarsky (D-36), underwent numerous edits and rewrites during…
Read MoreEPPiC Roundtable: When CPS Is at the Door
They’re some of the scariest questions anyone can face as a parent: What do I do when Child Protective Services (CPS) is at the door? What are they going to do? And what might happen next? This week, the Parental Rights Foundation’s EPPiC Broadcast podcast features a roundtable of family defense attorneys from across the…
Read MoreElection Report: Parental Rights Edition
Yesterday, America went to the polls to decide who will be President and Vice President, who will serve in the 435 seats of the U.S. House of Representatives, and who will fill roughly one-third of the U.S. Senate (called “Class I”). While many weigh winning or losing by how well one major party did versus…
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 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…
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