Parental Rights- New Member Benefits to Protect You from Medical Madness

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June 26, 2014 New Member Benefits to Protect You from Medical Madness No doubt we all breathed a sigh of relief when we read the news that Justina Pelletier was finally going home. While nothing could give back the 16 months that had been stolen from her family and from her life, at least the madness of her kidnapping was at an end. Only the madness didn’t end. Justina is home, sure. Her nightmare has turned a significant corner, though she still has a lot of recovering to do. But in the weeks since then, more stories like hers have come out in the news. I’ll tell you below how you can take steps to keep this madness from happening to you. But first, consider just one of these additional recent events involving parental rights in a medical setting: Medical Madness Continues Kansas City mother Michelle Rider has lost custody over her son Isaiah – just like in Justina’s case – even though the teen has a confirmed diagnosis of a debilitating disease that causes painful tumors on his nerves. A Chicago hospital accused the mom of medical abuse because she took her son to five different hospitals in search of the best care and pain management. In short, the madness is not just in Massachusetts hospitals, and it is far from over. But you can help us solve this problem while helping yourself as well. How You Can Help We adopted the motto long ago, “Protecting children by empowering parents,” and our new Elite Membership program is designed to do just that. We’ve been inviting you to become a member for years, and now we have something special to offer if you do. Starting this week, we have put together a package of materials for our members, with a new package available each month. This month’s package focuses on “Parental Rights in the Medical Setting” – the very issue faced by the Pelletiers and by Michelle Rider above. Your membership gift will help fuel the efforts of our organization, while putting into your hands tools you can use to be better informed, better equipped, and simply encouraged in your most important role – that of a parent. You can read more about this exciting program on our Elite Membership page (or use the shortcut 4pra.us/elite). We really need your support as we prepare to take on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) once again. But this time your support will secure something worthwhile for your family as well. We provide tips and guidance to give you greater knowledge and confidence the next time you have a medical situation with your child. Please check out the Elite Membership page and consider starting your membership today. Monthly memberships start at just $5, or you can save with a 12-month membership for only $50. It’s like getting two months free. Most of all, you are fueling our efforts to halt the CRPD and protect your family through passage of the Parental Rights Amendment. Sincerely, Michael Ramey Director of Communications & Research

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New from Rise       Photo by Holly Beck June 2014 Story of the Month 'I Feel Good that I Never Gave Up!' At National Reunification Month events, parents reflect on the long road home. For June's National Reunification Month, organizations around the country celebrated the perseverance and resilience of parents reunifying with children from foster care and of the professionals who support them. On June 13, the parent attorney organization Bronx Defenders hosted a reunification celebration, with food, face painting, performances, and families coming together to celebrate the strength of their bonds. "What we thought would be a little party turned out to be an incredibly powerful moment for our clients to step back from their legal cases and reflect on how far they've traveled for their children," wrote Caitlin Becker, a Bronx Defenders social worker, in a reflection on the evening. Below are the reunification stories three clients shared with Rise on the night of the celebration. If you have pictures and stories from reunification celebrations you would like to share, send them to risemaginfo@gmail.com.   Photo by Holly Beck Dana's Story I have five children, but I always struggled with my middle son's behavior. After my husband and I separated, his behavior grew worse. When he was 10, I went to ACS for help. We dragged along for a year but the situation didn't improve. Then ACS removed him and my two younger children as well, claiming failure of supervision. >> Read more   Photo by Holly Beck Jannice's Story I grew up in foster care from 18 months until I was 21. When my daughter was born, I promised her she'd never be in care. but when I went to the hospital for a panic attack soon after I aged out of care, the hospital staff thought I was neglecting her. >> Read more   Photo by Holly Beck Anastasia's Story When my older children were born, I was struggling with addiction. My son was born premature, at 1 pound, 3 ounces. That's when they took my children. It was so horrible I felt like I couldn't breathe. >> Read more

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Parental Rights- CRPD Back with a Vengeance

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June 19, 2014 CRPD Back with a Vengeance Justina Pelletier has finally been sent home! The insanity – and her nightmare – are finally over. We rejoice with this family, and thank you for standing with us in supporting them through your thoughts, prayers, and comments on social media. Yet before the ink could dry on Judge Joe Johnston’s order, it seems insanity has broken out elsewhere instead. The United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is back on the table in the U.S. Senate, defying all logic and reason. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has vowed to vote on it before the committee this summer, and to follow that with a vote in the full Senate. Menendez’s announcement came on the heels of the Supreme Court’s recent Bond decision, despite the fact that the ruling only served to highlight the danger of ratifying treaties that seek to dictate American domestic policy. Menendez, who perhaps had not read the ruling when he issued his statement, blithely claimed the opposite. This only serves to demonstrate that treaty proponents will use any excuse – even a false one – to push this treaty down America’s throat. Like the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the CRPD includes an obligation for the federal government to ensure that all decisions for children with disabilities be made in the best interests of the child – a legal standard reserved in our country for situations where a marriage is dissolved or where there has been a finding of abuse or neglect. In short, the CRPD will allow courts to treat all parents of children with disabilities as though they were abusive parents. What is more, the momentum seems to be on their side. In recent months, countless media outlets and blogs have spouted the same unreferenced misinformation, claiming that the CRPD will not impact U.S. domestic law, and that it will require other nations to adopt the high standards of our Americans with Disabilities Act. This completely ignores a basic truth of international law: a treaty is legally binding on the nation(s) that ratify it. If we ratify the CRPD, under Article VI of the U.S. Constitution it becomes part of “the Supreme Law of the Land.” Our ratification would bind us, and not anyone else. Treaty proponents have not unearthed any new facts. They have not discovered any new angles. The Bond case went against them, actually highlighting the dangers against which we have been warning – but treaty proponents have ignored it. Essentially, they are battling truth by shouting it down. Sadly, their offensive is working. To stop them we must respond with many loud voices of our own. We must contact our senators and urge them to oppose ratification of this dangerous treaty. We anticipate that the CRPD will be taken up for a vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in July. Then, it could come to the Senate floor in September (following the August recess), or in the “lame duck session” that starts in November. But if we wait until then to make our voices heard it will be too late. Action Items 1. Please take a moment today to write or email both of your senators and urge them to oppose ratification of the CRPD. You can find their contact information by clicking on your state at ParentalRights.org/states, then clicking through to your senators’ websites. (You can also get directly to your state’s page at 4pra.us/xx, where “xx” is your state’s two-letter abbreviation. Live in New Mexico? It’s 4pra.us/nm.) You might choose to use one or two of the following talking points when you write: We do not want to set the dangerous precedent of letting the U.N. write our domestic policy. The CRPD would remove parental rights and let government bureaucrats decide what is in the best interest of children with disabilities. Our ratification of the treaty will have no impact on disability law in other nations. It will only open the door for America’s critics to complain about our laws. Having already passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, which is held as “the gold standard” in disability law, we do not need to subject ourselves to review by a committee made up entirely of foreigners whose nations have not yet attained to that high standard. This treaty threatens American sovereignty, traditional parental rights, and state jurisdiction over family law. Please do not call yet. We want to save that powerful punch for when the issue is on the schedule and the push is at its height. 2. Once you have written or emailed, please pass this on to your family and friends who might share your concern for parental rights and American self-government. Thank you for standing with us to sound the alarm. Together we can defeat this dangerous treaty once again. Sincerely, Michael Ramey Director of Communications & Research

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