On May 14, 2009, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) proposed the Parental Rights Amendment with an additional section clarifying that "This article shall take effect after the date of ratification."
[6] A global children's-rights treaty, ratified by every U.N. member except the United States and Somalia, has so alarmed its American critics that some are now pushing to add a parental-rights amendment to the Constitution as a buffer against it.
Opponents of the treaty contend it would enable government officials and a Geneva-based U.N. committee of experts to interfere with parental authority.
His amendment opens by declaring: "The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right."
On January 30, 2019, Bill H.J.Res.36, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to parental rights",[9] was introduced to the House by Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN).
[11] Supporters argue the bill explicitly gives America's 173 million[12] parents more rights and freedoms apart from government control.
And it was so vague that it would result in a flood of litigation initiated by angry parents, at taxpayers' expense, against anyone working with children, including teachers, librarians, social workers and counselors.
[15] They add that these employees, who they assert have improperly received immunity from the Massachusetts Supreme Court,[16] threaten mothers with the loss of their children to coerce them into divorcing their husbands[17] and attending support groups.
[18] Parental rights advocates state that abuse of power has occurred[15] and that vested interest has played a role.