KANSAS
The Raw Story
By David Edwards
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
A Democratic lawmaker in Kansas says that her bill allowing teachers, caregivers and parents to beat children to point of leaving bruises is about restoring parental rights, not abusing children.
State Rep. Gail Finney’s (D) bill expands current law, which allows spanking without leaving marks.
According to KCTV, the new legislation would permit teachers, caregivers and parents to strike children up to 10 times, and leave redness or even bruising.
McPherson Deputy County Attorney Britt Colle, who proposed the idea to Finney, told KCTV that the measure actually protected children by defining what parents were not allowed to do.
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