Parents and health care professionals should reserve the right to make health care decisions for their family members according to their religious belief. The government does NOT have the right to intervene with health care or religious decisions. It is unconstitutional. 

• Parents are closest to their children’s challenges and they are in the best position to identify solutions and to make healthcare decisions involving the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of their children.
   
• Under Virginia law, parents have the fundamental right to make decisions regarding the upbringing, education and care of their children.
   
• Some young people may have attractions they desire to change or moderate. Others may simply desire counseling to live a chaste life.  In either instance, there should be options for families to make informed decisions.
   
• A ban would deny families the religious freedom to seek counseling aligned with their faith.