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brucelesley.substack.com > p > when-parental-rights-means-letting

When 'Parental Rights' Means Letting a Child Die

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1392+ words) Despite child advocates repeatedly asking the State of Idaho to close this loophole over the years, lawmakers have taken actions that widen it. Idaho does have child abuse and neglect laws, and a parent can be charged with manslaughter if…...

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brucelesley.substack.com > p > parental-rights-bills-forgot-children

Parental Rights Bills Forgot Children Have Rights, Too

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1685+ words) Three Houston mothers just handed us a model that those of us who believe in both parental and children’s rights should adopt. In a matter of a few years, state laws are being proposed and cases are being taken to…...

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brucelesley.substack.com > p > the-invisible-child-how-the-supreme

The Invisible Child: How the Supreme Court Erased Children from a Case About Their Own Harm

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1056+ words) by Bruce Lesley and Mary Kelly Persyn During the same week the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Chiles v. Salazar, which in an 8-1 decision sent Colorado’s “conversion therapy” law back to the trial court for review under the most stringent…...

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brucelesley.substack.com > p > why-the-us-must-ratify-the-convention

Why the U.S. Must Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (644+ words) Guest post by Ilina Ewen and Zach Soucy Their voices to the issue of child rights couldn’t be more timely. Together, they make a moral and practical case for why the United States should ratify the Convention on the Rights…...

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brucelesley.substack.com > p > punishing-children-why-the-attack

Punishing Children: Why the Attack on Plyler v. Doe Is an Attack on America’s Core Values

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1690+ words) That act of organized cruelty by Tyler ISD – turning children away at schoolhouse doors – is what eventually produced Plyler v. Doe, the 1982 Supreme Court decision holding that Texas violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by denying undocumented…...

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brucelesley.substack.com > p > south-carolinas-parental-rights-act

South Carolina's "Parental Rights Act" Is a Threat to Children's Health, Safety, and Bodily Autonomy

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1720+ words) — Samantha Godwin, Against Parental Rights, Columbia Human Rights Law Review Each iteration of these bills threatens children as the property of parents and ignores their voices, concerns, and issues of importance to their own bodily autonomy. Every present-and-voting Democrat supported…...

Bruce Lesley | Substack
brucelesley.substack.com > p > the-save-america-act-threatens-childrens

The ‘SAVE America Act’ Threatens Children’s Representation

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1672+ words) For most of American history, democracy was not designed to include everyone. The story of American democracy has largely been the story of widening the circle of participation. The SAVE America Act moves in the opposite, less democratic direction. And…...

Bruce Lesley | Substack
brucelesley.substack.com > p > when-parental-rights-become-a-shield

When "Parental Rights" Become a Shield for Child Abuse

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1712+ words) A case now before the Texas Supreme Court threatens to constitutionalize a framework that makes it harder to protect children from child abuse and death. Every year in the United States, an estimated 2,000 children die from abuse and neglect. That…...