“Who is against parental rights?”
I don’t know if this is an example of parental rights. College students are adults, and as adults, they have a right to keep their personal affairs private. They have the option to include their parents or not. I believe this is as it should be.
As a parent of a soon-to-be 18 year old, medical privacy is an issue. In the case of a catastrophic medical event, the parent of an 18+ year old may not have access or influence of the medical decisions. I like to recommend for parents to have a medical power of attorney carefully drawn up for this situation.
I know of a woman who's daughter was in a coma due to an accident, and ran into problem even getting information of her condition until the legal stuff was worked out. Young adults need their privacy over routine health care, but the HIPPA laws are a problem in case of an real emergency.
LIBERALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!