TAKE ACTION: Parental Rights Bill Up for Vote
1/14/25
Tomorrow, the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee will decide if SB 143, “Strengthening Parental Rights in Indiana,” can proceed to the full Senate for approval. We need your help urging the members of the committee to vote in favor of this critical bill. Learn more about what it would accomplish in the video below:
This bill would strengthen parental rights by:
- Enshrining in state law that parents have a fundamental right to: raise their children, pass along and live out their faith to their children, educate their children, and direct the healthcare of their children.
- Establishing that the government should not be co-parenting. This bill makes it clear that parents have the ultimate authority to raise their children.
- Ensuring that if any government entity in Indiana violates these fundamental rights, parents have the ability to hold the government accountable legally. It also guarantees that a judge would have to scrutinize the government’s actions in the most aggressive way possible, which is not currently happening in many instances throughout Indiana.
Currently, the legal system gives the government the benefit of the doubt when there have been parental rights violations. It’s time to hold the government accountable. This bill would allow parents to fight back and have a chance to win in state court when their rights are violated.
You can have a direct impact on the outcome of this hearing by taking action and contacting the members of the Judiciary Committee with this pre-written email. CLICK HERE to send an email.