[NFBMT-Parents] Parental Rights Bill

[BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER]

Hello, Montana Federationists.

 

We have a bill to protect the rights of blind parents, and likely other
parents with disabilities, being drafted as we speak, to present to the 2019
Legislature.  We will need sponsors and cosponsors for it, but we also will
need folks to come to Helena and testify as to why this bill is necessary or
should be passed.  So if you are or have been a blind parent, or know someone
who is, or have had your parenting abilities challenged in the court of
opinion or a court of law, we would like you to plan to offer your testimony
before the legislature.  Since we may be called on with short or no notice,
some planning beforehand might be beneficial.  I will try to come up with a
list of talking points to consider before we need them.  

 

Another bill we will be working on is one for guide or service dogs.  This is
a topic that may come up several times during this next legislature, so we
will need to be prepared to seek the best bill we can get from several
competing and possibly opposing viewpoints.

 

Thank you for your help in advance.  Please contact your district legislators
and let them know you are out here paying attention.

 

Joy Breslauer, Public Policies 

National Federation of the Blind of Montana 

Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/> 

 

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together to help blind people live the lives they want. 

 

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