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The measure "would clearly outline in the US Constitution that parents, not government or any other organization, have a fundamental right to raise their children as they see fit," the office said in a statement.
"Parental rights are generally recognized and respected today, but instances of unnecessary governmental intrusion in family life are on the rise," said Hoekstra.
To succeed, the measure will need to pass the US Senate and House of Representatives by two-thirds majorities each, then win ratification by three-fourths of the states.
The amendment takes aim at international measures that could supercede US law at a time when some conservatives have recoiled at possible US ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
"No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret or apply to the rights guaranteed by this article," the amendment text read.
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Image from faculty.unlv.edu/pwerth/US-constitution.
"Parental rights are generally recognized and respected today, but instances of unnecessary governmental intrusion in family life are on the rise," said Hoekstra.
To succeed, the measure will need to pass the US Senate and House of Representatives by two-thirds majorities each, then win ratification by three-fourths of the states.
The amendment takes aim at international measures that could supercede US law at a time when some conservatives have recoiled at possible US ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
"No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret or apply to the rights guaranteed by this article," the amendment text read.
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Image from faculty.unlv.edu/pwerth/US-constitution.
