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Oregon Order Set to Repeat History

By Sheila Roberts • November 4, 2020
An executive order in Oregon threatens parents’ ability to exercise their fundamental right to make education choices for their children. According to this article at the Federalist, Governor Kate Brown has recently ordered that private schools smaller than 75 students must not return to on-site instruction, even while opening the doors to similarly sized public… The post Oregon Order Set to Repeat History appeared first on Parental Rights Foundation.

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Oregon State Law

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Oregon does not have a state statute that explicitly defines and protects parental rights as fundamental rights.

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Oregon Courts

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Oregon courts have not established a precedent of protecting fundamental parental rights with the strict scrutiny standard of review.


In fact, in his concurring opinion in In re Marriage of Winczewski, 72 P.3d 1012, 1034 (Or. Ct. App. 2003), Chief Justice Deits of the Oregon Court of Appeals pointed out that "The Court in Troxel did not adopt the 'compelling state interest' standard and we have expressly rejected that legal standard."