Though it appeared to be dormant for years, the troublesome U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child has reemerged as a bill introduced in the U.S. House.
For years the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) has opposed the treaty that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) has included in a foreign policy package called the "Pathway to Peace."
"HSLDA's concern with the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child is that it would interfere with the idea that we're a self-governing nation and we make laws for ourselves," explains HSLDA attorney Michael Donnelly. "But it would also potentially override state laws relating to the relationships between parents and children."
Donnelly says children do best when parents are free to make their own choices, but the treaty would empower officials to overrule parents and determine what is best for children.
He says the United States is the only country that has not ratified the treaty, which was signed by President Bill Clinton but never approved by the Senate.