[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 42 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 42

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                      relative to parental rights.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2012

 Mr. DeMint (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. 
 Enzi, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Lee, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Risch) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
                      relative to parental rights.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. The liberty of parents to direct the upbringing, 
education, and care of their children is a fundamental right.
    ``Section 2. Neither the United States nor any State shall infringe 
this right without demonstrating that its governmental interest, as 
applied to the person, is of the highest order and not otherwise 
served.
    ``Section 3. This article shall not be construed to apply to a 
parental action or decision that would end life.
    ``Section 4. No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of 
international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply 
to the rights guaranteed by this article.''.
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