Miller files ‘parental rights’ constitutional amendment, blasts
Illinois’ policies
[September 29, 2025]
By Greg Bishop | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Illinois U.S. Rep. Mary Miller says parental
rights are being diminished and it’s time they speak up.
Before filing a proposed constitutional amendment relating to parental
rights, Miller said too many policies diminish what she said is the
country’s foundation on faith and family.
"And, yes, in Illinois attack on parental rights, you can see it in J.B.
Pritzker’s emergency declarations, on and on, during COVID,” Miller told
The Center Square.
Such declarations closed schools and required masks for children during
the pandemic.
Miller also criticized policies Democrats implement in public schools
and attempts to interfere with home schooling.
“Parents need to show up to the school boards,” Miller said.
“Communities will thrive when the parents and the schools work together
and provide excellent education for our children.”
Miller also criticized Illinois rescinding parental notification of
minor children getting abortions.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois said in an online
posting: “With [the Parental Notification Act] no longer law as of June
1, 2022 young people now have the same right to make confidential
decisions about having an abortion, and are no longer required to go to
court to access an abortion.”
After the bill repealing the PNA was passed, Gov. J.B. Pritzker
applauded the move.
“This repeal was essential, because it was the most vulnerable pregnant
minors who were being hurt most by this law: victims of rape, incest and
physical abuse,” Pritzker in 2021.
Miller said allowing minor children to get an abortion without their
parents being notified is “insane.”
“J.B. Pritzker is turning our state into, basically, a destination state
for pedophiles to bring their abused young girls in for abortions,”
Miller said.
[to top of second column]
|
Illinois U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Hindsboro
Greg Bishop | The Center Square
Miller has filed a measure to require parental consent for another
recently enacted Illinois policy for mental health screenings in
public schools.
“It is going to require schools to have written consent from the
parents before they can do any kind of survey or psychological exam
on the student,” Miller said.
The current law Pritzker enacted gives parents the ability to opt
out, not to opt in.
Supporters of the mental health screenings law said it was important
to address the growing mental health crisis among youth.
“No child should have to struggle in silence. This bill is a
proactive way we can integrate early detection, because too often
warning signs are missed or dismissed, and kids fall through the
cracks,” said state Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, D-Chicago.
Miller’s U.S. House Joint Resolution 127 for parental rights says,
among other things, “The liberty of parents to direct the
upbringing, education, and care of their children is a fundamental
right.”
“The parental right to direct education includes the right to
choose, as an alternative to public education, private, religious,
or home schools, and the right to make reasonable choices within
public schools for one’s child,” the measure says.
A proposed amendment requires either two-thirds of Congress to
approve or a national convention of two-thirds of the states. Any
amendment must be ratified by three-fourths of the states to become
effective. |
