Did you also know it is legal for the doctor to tell the parents the child
is pregnant no matter what the age?
And she can have an abortion without the parents consent?
This applies to all children including autistic, special need, mentally
handicapped, etc.
Yes it is disgraceful.
The Brackett Family
From: <ghemembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of ncwahmom
<ncwahmom@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 8:02 PM
To: yahoogroups <hhenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, fnche <fnche@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
piedmonthomeschoolers <Piedmonthomeschoolers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<ghemembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ghemembers] Parental Rights Bill HB847
Sharing ... Help protect Parental Rights by making a few phone calls.
Sandra Iselin
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I wanted to ask for help with a bill that we have been working on for a
while that deals with parental rights. Most people don¹t realize that in NC,
parents are being overruled in making decisions for their children. We are
trying to fight back and undo many of the horrible statutes passed under
democratic rule. Did you know that in NC, it is legal for a child OF ANY AGE
to give consent to receive anti-depressants WITHOUT their parent¹s knowledge
or consent? Did you know that in NC, it is ILLEGAL for a pediatrician to
tell a parent that a child is having suicidal thoughts, UNLESS the child
gives the doctor permission? Did you know that your pediatrician CANNOT give
parents the results of drug testing UNLESS the child agrees for the parent
to have the results? Did you know it is LEGAL for a child OF ANY AGE to
agree to treatment to change their gender WITHOUT a parent¹s knowledge or
consent AND the state will pay for the treatment (except for surgery)? NC
General Statute 90-21.5 is the statute that allows for each of these
circumstances. As parents, we must fight back to protect our children. We
believe that children belong to parents and that parents know how to best
raise children, and what values to raise our children. Young children should
NOT be making medical decisions. Those decisions should be left to parents.
So we are fighting back. H847 establishes in NC General Statutes the
³liberty of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, and care of his or
her child is a fundamental right. Neither the state nor any agency or
locality shall infringe upon a parent¹s fundamental rights to the care,
custody, and control of his child. This shall not be construed to apply to a
parent¹s action or decision that would end life.²
It also specifically gives parents the right to make medical decisions for
children when doctors disagree on diagnosis and treatment WITHOUT being
accused of medical child abuse. Parents in NC have been accused of medical
child abuse, especially in difficult to diagnose diseases like mitochondrial
disease. Parents who had been charged with medical child abuse in NC
responded to an anonymous survey. Some respondents were medical
professionals. These parents were reported for medical child abuse by
teachers or medical professionals who had NEVER treated the child. This
really is a common sense bill but we find once again that we must fight for
even the most common sense measures.
NC would be the FIRST state in the Union to pass such a bill giving these
protections to parents. We have partnered with a broad spectrum of groups
including NC Values Coalition, Mito Action, and NC Family Policy Council to
produce an excellent bill.
How can you help? This bill has passed the NC House and is now assigned to
the Judiciary II committee in the NC Senate. It needs to pass the NC Senate
in the short session which starts April 25 or the bill dies. Could you
please make 3 phone calls or send 3 emails to the following senators and
simple ask them to place H847 on the Judiciary II committee calendar in the
short session? These are the 3 chairs of the committee:
Sen. Warren Daniel: (919) 715-7823
Warren.Daniel@xxxxxxxxx
Sen. Shirley Randleman: (919)733-5743
Shirley.Randleman@xxxxxxxxx
Sen. Tamara Barringer (919)733-5653
Tamara. Barringer@xxxxxxxxx
Please pass this along to any friends who would be willing to help us call
or email these senators. Thanks so much for your help!
Brenda Brown
NC coordinator, ParentalRights.org
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