Marital rape is a crime, and should be treated accordingly. Children are entitled to the loving, competent care they need. Families that include children should protect their rights when they are young, and prepare them to be adults able to share in fulfilling personal relationships, and to enjoy the right of self-determination and the dignity of contributing usefully to a free society. 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.