There is no better environment than a loving family for raising caring, ethical individuals. Adoption and custody decisions serve the best interests of the children when they are based on families', parents', or caretakers' ability to provide a safe, loving and enriching environment for the child, not on whether they conform to traditional or religious models. Children have the right to medical care and freedom from harmful physical treatment. Parents do not have the right to harm children, whether through abuse, genital mutilation, or other traditional or religious practices. Neither parents nor anyone else may withhold vital medical treatment from a child.
Children have the right to education free from indoctrination.
Society is strengthened by helping educate children and young adults to fulfill their potential, not arbitrarily limited by the financial circumstances of their families. Birth control and fertility technologies have been among the greatest benefits in the history of the human family. Used wisely, they strengthen families by making family relationships a matter of choice. Individuals must be free to control their own fertility and sexual health, and should not be denied access to sex education, contraception, prophylactics, or abortion. We support continuing research on fertility treatments.