Carol Kauffman, Vergennes, is a concerned parent and member of Vermont Family Alliance

The phrase “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child” represented communities unified to build schools, serve on school boards, carpool to activities, fundraise, provide after school care, and even chauffeur kids home when temporarily forgotten by parents. Back in its conception, parents didn’t fear exclusion from the village. If Proposal 5 is approved by the voters of Vermont, parents will be excluded from overseeing their minor children regarding personal reproductive rights. Proposal 5 will transfer parental rights to a world of unknown adult influencers hidden in the world of confidentiality.

Proposal 5 violates parental rights and responsibilities as described and upheld by the Vermont Supreme Court in 1998, “Parental rights and responsibilities are defined as those ‘rights and responsibilities related to a child’s physical living arrangements, parent child contact, education, medical and dental care, religion, travel, and any other matter involving a child’s welfare and upbringing.’ Id. § 664(1). Rights and responsibilities are comprised of ‘physical responsibility,’ and ‘legal responsibility,’ defined as ‘the rights and responsibilities to determine and control various matters affecting a child’s welfare…includ[ing] but… not limited to education, medical and dental care, religion and travel arrangements.’ Id. § 664(1)(A).”

Email Legislators - No to Article 22

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In this legislative session, you will be voting on Article 22, a proposed amendment to the Vermont Constitution. As a constituent, I urge you to vote “No” on this amendment.

Article 22 would enshrine Late-Term Abortion into the Vermont Constitution, a procedure that involves terminating a fully-developed infant that may be just days, or even hours, away from delivery. Infants at that stage of development are fully capable of feeling pain, and can easily survive outside the womb.

80% of Americans oppose this inhumane procedure, including 68% of pro-choice Americans, according to a 2019 poll by YouGov.

Article 22 would also force doctors and nurses to perform abortions – including Late-Term ones – that violate their conscience. This would lead to some of Vermont’s most talented doctors and nurses leaving the state at a time when our hospital system is already strained.

Parental rights will also be impacted, guaranteeing minor children are allowed to opt for reproductive procedures such as abortions or sterilizations without parental consent or notification.

For Vermont to enshrine these policies in the Constitution would be barbaric and put our state out of step with the rest of the nation.

As a constituent, I urge you to vote “No!”

Thank you.

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Email Legislators - No to Article 22

In this legislative session, you will be voting on Article 22, a proposed amendment to the Vermont Constitution. As a constituent, I urge you to vote “No” on this amendment.

Article 22 would enshrine Late-Term Abortion into the Vermont Constitution, a procedure that involves terminating a fully-developed infant that may be just days, or even hours, away from delivery. Infants at that stage of development are fully capable of feeling pain, and can easily survive outside the womb.

80% of Americans oppose this inhumane procedure, including 68% of pro-choice Americans, according to a 2019 poll by YouGov.

Article 22 would also force doctors and nurses to perform abortions – including Late-Term ones – that violate their conscience. This would lead to some of Vermont’s most talented doctors and nurses leaving the state at a time when our hospital system is already strained.

Parental rights will also be impacted, guaranteeing minor children are allowed to opt for reproductive procedures such as abortions or sterilizations without parental consent or notification.

For Vermont to enshrine these policies in the Constitution would be barbaric and put our state out of step with the rest of the nation.

As a constituent, I urge you to vote “No!”

Thank you.

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