U.S. May Sign UN Treaty Usurping Parental Rights

There is no shortage of domestic issues to be concerned about these days. From the chaos at the border to Ebola patients on our soil to Kanye West’s messiah complex – we are overwhelmed with crisis after crisis. I hate to put one more on your plate, but I think this is an issue that parents – particularly parents of disabled children – may want to know about.

Recently, the Senate Foreign Relations committee voted to send the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) treaty to the full Senate for an official vote. At first glance, the CRPD doesn’t seem that scary. It’s basically an international agreement to secure the rights of dignity and fair treatment for disabled people across the globe. That’s not such a bad thing, considering that most most non-westernized nations treat persons with disabilities as highly disposable and extremely undesirable. The results are often abandonment and/or death. Clearly there is an international crisis when it comes to the treatment of those born with disabilities. That cannot be denied.

Fortunately the United States is not one of those countries that tolerates such treatment, and yet we are getting set to sign an international treaty that could potentially usurp state law and parental rights when it comes to how we treat our disabled citizens, specifically children.

Unsurprisingly, the CRPD includes some very vague language that could be interpreted to the detriment of free American citizens. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HLSDA) has taken up this issue in particular, because they are concerned homeschooling parents of disabled children may lose their right of association and ability to make autonomous decisions when it comes to the well-being of their students at home.

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