Posted on 02/02/2005 6:07:53 PM PST by jcdc
Last year, Congressman Ron Paul led the charge in Congress to keep federal funds from paying for universal or mandatory mental-health screening of children. Our efforts were successful in exposing the undermining of parents' right to decide what is best for their children.
Recognition of the absence of parental consent and the potential for abuse through forced drugging of children created quite a stir in the House and Senate. Senators Sam Brownback (KS) and James Inhofe (OK) hastily sent a letter supporting our position to the House/Senate conference committee that would decide the issue. Despite the outpouring of public support we were able to generate (thank you!) and the media's coverage, Congress did not find the political will to protect the family as the 108th Congress came to a close.
But this is a new Congress, and as promised, we are not giving up.
Congressman Paul, a practicing physician for over 30 years, introduced the Parental Consent Act of 2005 (H.R. 181) on the first day of the new 109th Congress. Simply and directly, this bill would prohibit the use of federal funds for any universal mental-health screening.
We have a petition urging House Speaker Dennis Hastert and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to quickly schedule a vote on H.R. 181. Please sign that petition. Also, urge your U.S. representative to cosponsor H.R. 181 and work for its passage.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelibertycommittee.org ...
Done
20 cosponsors now. Keep up the good work.
There are now 22 co-sponsors.
The last time I checked, there were 35 co-sponsors.
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