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Parental Presumption Bill Explained

2025-04-18T15:46:41+00:00

Read SB 2052 Read HB 4656 Latest Update April 18th: SB 2052 is set to be heard in the Senate, and HB 4656 is set to be heard in the House Subcommittee on Family and Fiduciary Relationships on April 22nd. April 9th: SB 2052 was voted out of the Senate Committee with a unanimous vote. April 3: HB 4656 was introduced and referred to the House Subcommittee on Family and Fiduciary Relationships March 26: SB 2052 bill was heard in the Senate Jurisprudence Committee. About the Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment Bill Authors: Senator [...]

Parental Presumption Bill Explained2025-04-18T15:46:41+00:00

Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment Updates

2025-05-29T15:36:18+00:00

Read HJR 112 Read SJR 34 Latest Update May 23rd: Passed both chambers; will appear on the November 4, 2025, ballot. May 14th: The Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment has passed the Texas House and the Texas Senate, marking a major step toward securing lasting protections for families. This historic constitutional amendment now requires one final procedural vote in the Senate before heading to the ballot for a statewide vote in November. April 9th: The Parental Rights Amendment was voted out of the House Judicial and Civil Jurisprudence Committee with a unanimous vote. March [...]

Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment Updates2025-05-29T15:36:18+00:00

Understanding Section (b) in the Parental Rights Amendment

2025-04-08T01:52:07+00:00

Read SJR 34 What does a Parental Rights Amendment do?  A Parental Rights Amendment is the best way to ensure parental rights are protected for future generations. Right now, the rights of Texas parents rest almost entirely in the hands of unelected federal judges, who come and go regularly and could change their minds on parental rights at any time. Passing a Parental Rights Amendment to the Texas Constitution is critical to the protection of parental rights in Texas for two reasons. First, passing a Parental Rights Amendment to the Texas Constitution would significantly shrink the power of the federal [...]

Understanding Section (b) in the Parental Rights Amendment2025-04-08T01:52:07+00:00

The numbers show a child welfare revolution in Texas

2025-04-04T00:58:02+00:00

Originally published by the Dallas Morning News on April 1, 2025 Texas removes 10,000 fewer children per year than in 2018, but protects more of them from abuse and neglect than ever before. In 2015, U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack declared that the conditions for children in the Texas foster care system were so bad that it represented a violation of the children’s constitutional rights. Texas children, she wrote, had been “shuttled throughout a system where rape, abuse, psychotropic medication, and instability are the norm,” and where children “often age out of care more damaged than when they entered.” Ten years [...]

The numbers show a child welfare revolution in Texas2025-04-04T00:58:02+00:00

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

2026-01-05T19:03:53+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 Preservation2026-01-05T19:03:53+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

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