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Indiana Enacts Parental Rights Law

By Howard Friedman on April 24, 2025

On April 22, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed Senate Bill 143 protecting Parental Rights. The new law (full text) provides in part:

… A governmental entity may not substantially burden a parent’s fundamental right to direct the: (1) upbringing; (2) religious instruction; (3) education; or (4) health care; of the parent’s child, unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest.

… A governmental entity may not: (1) advise, direct, or coerce a child to withhold information from the child’s parent; or (2) deny a child’s parent access to information that: (A) is in the control of the governmental entity (B) is requested by the child’s parent; and (C) relates to the child’s health care or social, emotional, and behavioral well-being.

ADF issued a press release supporting the enactment of the new law.

  • Posted in:
    Government, Supreme Court
  • Blog:
    Religion Clause
  • Organization:
    Howard M. Friedman
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