1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act . 2. Congressional findings and declaration of purposes (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The nature of the parent-child relationship endows parents with the primary responsibility and obligation to care for their child. (2) From these responsibilities and obligations comes the pre-political, natural right of parents to care for their children. (3) The role of parents in the raising and rearing of their children is of inestimable value and deserving of both praise and protection by all levels of government. (4) This right as recognized in the traditions of western civilization recognizes that parents have the responsibility to love, nurture, raise, and protect their children. (5) The right encompasses the authority of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and health care of their children according to the dictates of their conscience, to direct the upbringing, education, and health care of their children in their own beliefs and religion, and to be the primary decision maker for their child until the child reaches adulthood. (6) The Supreme Court has consistently recognized the primary role of parents in caring for children, concluding the following: (A) [T]he child is not the mere creature of the state