Attendees at the "We Say Gay-nesville" rally in Gainesville, Fla., to listen to speakers opposed to the Parental Rights in Education bill on March 19, 2022.

It defines “mother” as a parent of the female sex and “father” as a parent of the male sex.

In a statement after a bill signing outside of Detroit, Whitmer acknowledged a citizen-led ballot initiative in which Michiganders voted to enshrine abortion as a right in the state's Constitution.

For example, Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) declares that parents have the basic right to ensure the “religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions.”

sex trafficking, and parents’ rights. 

The original version of the bill mandated that companies provide parents with tools to limit the hours their children could spend on social media apps. Those provisions have been removed from the final draft.

Lacking these tools, many young people find themselves facing disadvantages in life, not just when seeking employment but crippled as well by their inability to think critically and to understand the world around them, everything from our Bill of Rights

University of Notre Dame adjunct associate professor Mark Fowler told The Australian on Feb. 9 that “the freedom to establish independent religious schools is grounded in the long-standing international human right of parents to ‘ensure the religious

Exposure to sexually explicit content is harmful to young minds and has nothing to do with the goals of educating children, she said. "I look at this bill as a protection for children and parental rights," Ms. Castilla continued.

"But at the same time, we want to make sure we respect the rights of parents to choose to send their children to a school that's a single-sex school." The bill had been referred to the Australian Law Reform Commission to be examined.

However, in May MNPD officials appeared to reverse course after parents and Nashville community members protested allowing the public to gain access to the documents, citing the Tennessee Crime Victims' Bill of Rights and the Tennessee Constitution which

Their bill creates a private right of action, whereby “any individual, or a spouse, parent, or child of such individual (if the individual is deceased or permanently incapacitated), who is the victim of a murder, rape, or any felony (as defined by the

It's inconsistent where the majority of the country is on this issue in valuing that life and giving that right to the parents."

Tony Hoang, executive director of Equality California—a non-profit LGBT advocacy group that supported the bill—thanked legislators for taking a stand against those who opposed the bill, whom he called in the statement “far-right extremists.”

Disney then-CEO Bob Chapek wrote to Disney employees pledging opposition to the law, saying, “It is clear that this is not just an issue about a bill in Florida, but instead yet another challenge to basic human rights.”

Mark Warner (D-Va.) explained at the Senate debate on April 23, right before the TikTok bill was passed as part of the foreign aid package.

Our focus will be on things like knocking on thousands and thousands of doors in the districts of state legislators to encourage them to move the bill in their state and to do the right thing.”

Opponents argue that a ban overrides parental rights, violates the First Amendment, and ignores social media's positive aspects, such as fostering a sense of community.

The law requires public libraries across Illinois to adhere to Chicago-based American Library Association's (ALA) Bill of Rights in order to remain eligible for state funding.

(Courtesy of Jay Reed, Protect Kids California) Freedom Angels Tara Thornton, a co-founder of Freedom Angels, another parental rights group, urged parental rights and child advocacy groups during the press conference to keep fighting and encouraged them

"The difference is that a parent can tell their child it's illegal," he said. "It provides parents with that tool. I have not had any negative feedback from parents of pre-teens about this bill."

Ramaswamy to comment on the parental rights angle of the issue. “Parents have the right to know,” he said.

Cloud gave the examples of the Department of Justice attempting to label angry parents as domestic terrorists, Democrats trying to pass a bill that would expand the IRS and their ability to track many more of people’s purchases, and the Department of

Critics have labeled the law, formally known as the Parental Rights in Education Act, as the “Don’t Say Gay Bill."

(California Family Council/Screenshot via The Epoch Times) Dozens of speakers on both sides of the issue showed up to comment on the matter. Those in favor of the policy advocated for what they called parents’ rights.

Ron DeSantis reacts during a press conference March 7 in Plant City to a reporter, who referred to the Parental Rights in Education bill as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, in his question.

Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a co-sponsor of the bill, said more needs to be done but that it’s going in the right direction.

(Leon Neal/Getty Images) Wendy Charles-Warner, co-chair of Education Otherwise, a charity across England and Wales that promotes and supports the right of a parent or guardian to home educate, told The Epoch Times that removing a few clauses doesn't

"Because of how legally problematic the VDOE's model policies are, not to mention the likelihood of tangible harms to student's bodily privacy, safety, and dignity in private spaces—and to parental rights—the school board simply cannot adopt policies