Take advantage of the opportunity to re-watch the excellent speakers form the 2021 Veritas Conference on the Erosion of Parental Rights.  

There has been an alarming erosion of the rights of parents in the past several decades. As the state has taken more control over the care and education of children, the Conference on Parental Rights offers the opportunity to learn more about the best ways to protect children and uphold the rights of parents.

Relive the Conference and continue to gain wisdom by listening to your favorite speakers again and again. Learn more about how the rights of parents in the U.S. are in danger and gain the knowledge and skills to protect children and families from attacks from the legal, healthcare, and educational system.  

 Topics Include 

 

“Parental Rights and Decisions about Minor Children’s Health Care” 

“The Assault on Parental Rights by Sex Education in the Schools” 

“The Welfare State, the Family, and Parental Rights” 

“False Child Abuse Allegations, the Child Protective System, and the Threat to Parental Rights” 

“The Legal Defense of Parental Rights in the U.S. and Internationally” 

 Full Conference Agenda:  

 

Welcome 

Dr. Anne Hendershott
Professor of Sociology
Director, Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life
Franciscan University of Steubenville

Dr. Stephen M. Krason, Esq.
Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies
Associate Director, Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life
Franciscan University of Steubenville 

  

“Philosophical Foundations of Parental Rights” 

Dr. W. Patrick Lee
Professor of Philosophy
Director of Center for Bioethics
Franciscan University of Steubenville 

  

“The History and Erosion of Parental Rights in American Law” 

Michael P. Donnelly, Esq.
Senior Counsel and Director of Global Outreach
Home School Legal Defense Association 

  

“The Welfare State, the Family, and Parental Rights” 

Dr. Patrick F. Fagan
Director, Marriage and Family Research Institute
Catholic U. of America
This talk doubles as the Franciscan University of Steubenville Political Science Department’s 2021 Brownson/Scanlan Lecture in Politics, Law, and Religion 

  

“Parental Rights and Decisions about Minor Children’s Health Care” 

Mary Rice Hasson, Esq.
Kate O’Beirne Fellow in Catholic Studies
Ethics and Public Policy Center 

  

“Parental Rights and Abortion” 

Dr. Anne Hendershott
Professor of Sociology
Director, Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life
Franciscan University of Steubenville 

  

“The Threat to Parental Rights by Gender Ideology” 

Dr. Michelle Cretella, M.D.
 Executive Director
American College of Pediatricians

 

“Parental Rights and Parental Involvement in the Public Schools” 

Dr. George Ash
Associate Professor of Graduate Education
Chairman of the Education Department
Franciscan University of Steubenville

Dr. Charles Kokiko
 Superintendent
Jefferson County (Ohio) Educational Service Center

  

“The Assault on Parental Rights by Sex Education in the Schools” 

Cathy Cleaver Ruse, Esq.
Dominion Law Group 

  

“In Defense of Homeschooling: A Response to Professor Bartholet and the Recent Academic Critics of Parents’ Rights to Educate their Children” 

James Mason, Esq.
President
ParentalRights.org/Parental Rights Foundation 

 

“The Weakening of the Family in America and How it has Undermined Parental Rights” 

Dr. Allan C. Carlson
President  emeritus
Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society 

  

“Parental Rights and the Minority Community” 

Allison Folmar, Esq.
Civil Rights attorney
Detroit, Michigan 

 

“False Child Abuse Allegations, the Child Protective System, and the Threat to Parental Rights” 

Dr.Stephen M. Krason, Esq.
Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies
Franciscan University of Steubenville
President
Society of Catholic Social Scientists 

  

“The Legal Defense of Parental Rights in the U.S. and Internationally” 

Michael P. Farris, Esq.
President
Alliance Defending Freedom