Posts Tagged ‘updates’
The Road to Parental Rights Begins
This Giving Tuesday (December 2), we invite you to join us on The Road to Parental Rights, a national journey that traces both the history and the continuing importance of one of our most essential liberties: the right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. The concept of parental rights…
Read MoreTexas Adopts State Parental Rights Amendment
On Tuesday, Texas voters chose overwhelmingly to add parental rights to their state’s constitution. Supported by Texas Home School Coalition (THSC), Texas Public Policy Foundation, and the Family Freedom Project, the ballot proposition will add to the Texas Constitution the right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children. Your Parental…
Read MoreShutdown Not Stopping the Parental Rights Amendment
A partisan budgeting impasse shut down parts of the federal government on October 1, but that hasn’t stopped the Parental Rights Amendment from moving forward in Congress. On October 1, House Joint Resolution 127 (H.J. Res 127), introducing the Parental Rights Amendment and led by Illinois Rep. Mary Miller, had seven cosponsors. Today, after a…
Read MoreNewsom Signs AB 495 Against Parental Rights
California Governor Gavin Newsom on October 12 signed Assembly Bill 495 into law. This is the bill that allows any adult to sign an affidavit and take charge of major life decisions of a minor child without the knowledge or consent of the parent. Under the law, the person must sign a sworn “Caregiver’s Authorization…
Read MoreTexas: Vote ‘Yes’ on Proposition 15
This November, your ballot will include the opportunity to enshrine fundamental parental rights in the Texas Constitution. Proposition 15 (Senate Joint Resolution 34) would amend the Texas Constitution to include language that recognizes and affirms a parent’s “responsibility to nurture and protect the parent’s child and the corresponding fundamental right to exercise care, custody, and…
Read MoreFrom ‘Resolutionary’ to Victor
PRF President Michael Ramey with Senator Liz Brown (right) and Esther (far left) and her family at the IFI Fall Dinner October 6, 2025. On Monday, October 6, I had the pleasure of attending the annual Fall Dinner of the Indiana Family Institute, as they gathered to celebrate recent legislative victories and honor parental rights…
Read MoreParental Rights Amendment Introduced in Congress
On Friday, September 19, Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL-15) introduced a resolution to Congress proposing the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. By Tuesday, the resolution had been assigned a number: House Joint Resolution (HJRes) 127. At the time of introduction, the resolution had the support of six cosponsors: Reps. Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3), Ashley Hinson…
Read MoreURGENT: California Bill Threatens Families
The Parental Rights Foundation joins our colleagues at Family Protection Ministries, Christian Home Educators Association of California (CHEA), Home School Legal Defense Association, and Alliance Defending Freedom in urging California senators to vote “No” on Assembly Bill 495, the “Family Preparedness Plan Act. Please read the following alert and contact your state senators immediately. Parental Rights…
Read MoreVirginia School Violated Parents’ Trust?
Once again, my Northern Virginia neighbors are in the national news for taking inappropriate liberties with somebody else’s kids. It wasn’t that long ago that Loudoun County Schools were under fire for covering up cases of sexual assault by a student against multiple female students, then having an angry father of one of those girls…
Read MoreMeet with your Lawmaker about the Parental Rights Amendment.
It’s not too late to enlist your congressman as an original cosponsor of the Parental Rights Amendment coming to Congress this September! By now, you know about August Recess, when your congressman is working, not in Washington, D.C., but in the home district—right around the corner from you! You’ve seen our Advocacy Toolkit, with a…
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