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Strengthening Parental Rights
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Families are the cornerstone of any society, and important decisions about how children are raised within individual families should be made by parents.
This year, I supported a bill that will protect parental rights in Indiana.
Senate Enrolled Act 143 will:
- Guarantee parents have the fundamental right to direct their child's upbringing, religious instruction, education and health care;
- Prohibit the government from denying a parent access to information related to their child's health care or social, emotional and behavioral well-being; and
- Block government employees from advising, directing or coercing a child to withhold information from their parent.
SEA 143 does not allow a parent to commit child abuse or neglect, and the prohibition on withholding information from a parent does not apply to a parent under criminal investigation and the police request the information be withheld.
This new law will ensure parental rights have the same level of legal protection as other fundamental rights like the freedom of speech or freedom of religion, and I was glad to support it. |
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Troy Sheets, 80 years old
Patricia Glessner, 81 years old
Donald Warner, 82 years old
Diane Shoptaw, 83 years old
Leonard Scheidt, 84 years old |
Saundra Wright, 85 years old
Jon Stroup, 86 years old
Duane Kilty, 87 years old
Anna McCowan, 88 years old
Phyllis Hikade, 89 years old |
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