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Fighting for Families: Legislative Progress on Parental Rights

2025-03-24T00:59:43+00:00

As the Texas legislative session progresses, the Family Freedom Project (FFP) continues to champion critical bills designed to strengthen parental rights and reform flawed child welfare laws. Here’s a look at the key legislation FFP has worked with lawmakers and other like-minded organizations and and update on where these bills currently stand. Parental Rights Amendment Passes Senate Floor (SJR 34/HJR 112) And Is Heard in House Committee The Parental Rights Amendment, SJR 34/HJR 112, is making significant strides, having passed through the Texas Senate. If approved by the House and subsequently ratified, this amendment would enshrine parental rights in the [...]

Fighting for Families: Legislative Progress on Parental Rights2025-03-24T00:59:43+00:00

The Evelyn Boatright Case: A Fight for Justice and Family Preservation

2024-12-19T17:19:19+00:00

Summary: Traumatic Birth: Baby Evelyn’s delivery involved complications, including a vacuum-assisted birth and emergency c-section, which medical experts said could easily explain her brain bleed but was overlooked by hospital staff. Other asymptomatic injuries on her ribs also pointed to birth trauma, but Doctors at Cook Children’s never even investigated it.  Hospital Diagnosis: At six weeks old, Evelyn was admitted to Cook Children’s Hospital for seizures, where a doctor reviewed an MRI of Evelyn’s brain, found a small brain bleed, and diagnosed child abuse just 2 minutes later, without meeting Evelyn or her parents and without evaluating multiple obvious alternative [...]

The Evelyn Boatright Case: A Fight for Justice and Family Preservation2024-12-19T17:19:19+00:00

2024 General Election Wins

2025-03-13T17:53:17+00:00

Now seems like the perfect moment to embrace the saying, “Everything Is Bigger In Texas!” The 2024 Elections certainly lived up to that claim. While these elections made waves nationwide, let’s be clear: The Elections Were Bigger in Texas! Probably now more than ever, parental rights have taken center stage, and the momentum generated during the Primaries and Runoffs set the stage for the results we witnessed last night during the General Election. Journey Back In Time During the Primaries and Runoffs, we witnessed notable changes in the Texas House with the overturning of multiple seats and important wins in [...]

2024 General Election Wins2025-03-13T17:53:17+00:00

Loe v. Texas: How to Protect Children and God-given Parental Rights at the Same Time

2024-02-13T22:18:58+00:00

Loe v. Texas Battle lines are currently being drawn at the Supreme Court of Texas over whether gender transition surgery on minors constitutes an exercise of parental rights or irreversible damage to a child’s well-being.  A group of self-described “conservative” former legislators from numerous states have rallied together in opposition to SB 14, a bill that ​​restricts chemical and surgical gender transition procedures on minors.  They argue that banning such procedures undermines the right of parents to make decisions regarding their children's health and well-being. After SB 14 was signed into law by Governor Abbott, a district court in Travis [...]

Loe v. Texas: How to Protect Children and God-given Parental Rights at the Same Time2024-02-13T22:18:58+00:00

FFP’s Year in the Courts and Legislature

2024-01-03T17:20:03+00:00

We are thrilled to share some significant victories achieved through our collective efforts at the Family Freedom Project, and we want you to know how crucial your support has been in making a positive impact. Legislative Triumphs Introduced Due Process Protections for Families in the CPS System - In the 88th Legislative Session, the passage of HB 730, the CPS Omnibus Bill, marked a monumental win. Thanks to the hard work of Representative Frank and his team, this bill introduces vital due process protections and ensures that CPS caseworkers inform parents of their legal rights, empowering families within the CPS system. [...]

FFP’s Year in the Courts and Legislature2024-01-03T17:20:03+00:00

Parental Rights Amendment to the Texas Constitution

2023-10-17T22:29:56+00:00

FFP is launching our most significant parental rights campaign of all time with the prioritization of a Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment. In the 2023 legislative session, FFP’s team of experts will push for the passage of an amendment to the Texas Constitution that will enshrine protections for parents and families for generations to come. Many people do not realize that the rights of Texas parents currently rest almost entirely in the hands of unelected federal judges. The constitutional rights of parents are currently recognized in federal constitutional case law which interprets the US Constitution to protect the right of parents. [...]

Parental Rights Amendment to the Texas Constitution2023-10-17T22:29:56+00:00

Parental Rights Question Goes to Supreme Court of Texas In Emergency Appeal

2024-02-05T17:12:45+00:00

On June 2, 2023, Senate Bill 14 (SB 14) was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott, restricting chemical and surgical gender transition procedures on minors. On August 25, 2023, a district court in Travis County issued an injunction to prevent the state from enforcing SB 14, a move that was widely anticipated by those closely following the ongoing legal debate. Within an hour, the Texas Attorney General’s office had filed an emergency appeal directly to the Supreme Court of Texas (SCOTX), a move that automatically halted the order from the trial judge, which had blocked the law. The SCOTX [...]

Parental Rights Question Goes to Supreme Court of Texas In Emergency Appeal2024-02-05T17:12:45+00:00

Unfinished Business: FFP’s Unpassed Priorities in the Texas Legislature

2023-08-02T18:43:22+00:00

Recently, we have been celebrating the parental rights bills the Texas Legislature passed, which the Governor signed into law to protect Texas families. However, not every priority of the Family Freedom Project became law. Here are 2 priorities that did not pass the legislature that we will continue to work on in the future: HB 1086: HB 1086 would limit the use of ex-parte hearings by CPS to force parents to allow CPS access to the home passed the House by a vote of 131-7 but failed to have a hearing in the Senate. This critical issue will be raised [...]

Unfinished Business: FFP’s Unpassed Priorities in the Texas Legislature2023-08-02T18:43:22+00:00

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