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.
