What Are “Civil Rights” and Why Do They Matter in California’s Current Climate?
Understanding the Battle for Education and Employment Rights, Parental Authority, and Medical Discrimination Protections
By Informed Policy Advocates
When most Californians hear the phrase “civil rights,” they think of the historic fights for racial equality and women’s suffrage movements. These were defining battles that shaped the freedoms we enjoy today.
But there’s a new front in the civil rights fight—one most people don’t see coming. It’s happening in our schools, in our workplaces, in our healthcare system—and it’s affecting the foundational rights of students, parents, and employees across this state.
At Informed Policy Advocates (IPA), we believe civil rights are not relics of the past. They’re living, breathing principles that must be defended wherever coercion, discrimination, or government overreach creeps in.
Let’s break down what that means in today’s California.
Civil Rights in Focus: What Are We Fighting For?
IPA’s civil rights agenda is focused on three major domains where we see escalating violations:
1. Education and Employee Rights
Everyone deserves equal access to education and fair treatment in the workplace—without violating medical privacy rights or facing punishment for making personal medical decisions.
But in California, students are being barred from classrooms if they don't comply with state-mandated vaccine schedules. And employees—especially in healthcare, education, and public sectors—have been fired or forced out for declining medical interventions that are no longer federally recommended or legally required.
Why it matters:
We cannot call ourselves a free society if access to education or employment depends on whether someone agrees to a one-size-fits-all medical protocol. It undermines informed consent and invites medical coercion into public life.
2. Child and Parental Rights
In a state that claims to champion family values, California has increasingly stripped away parental authority when it comes to making healthcare decisions for their children.
Parental input on medical exemptions has been effectively erased. Doctors are flagged, blacklisted, and in some cases stripped of their medical licenses. Schools are instructed to exclude “non-compliant” students, and school nurses treat parents as if their child’s medical exemption is fake until proven necessary. The state—not the parent—ultimately decides what medical decisions are acceptable for a child.
Why it matters:
If a government can overrule a parent’s right to protect their child from a medical intervention they believe carries any unnecessary risk, we’ve crossed a dangerous line. Schools have always functioned with policies that respect parent input and ensure inclusivity. Parental rights are the backbone of a functioning civil society.
3. Freedom from Discrimination
California has long been a leader in protecting people from discrimination—based on race, sex, religion, disability, and more. But medical status? That’s the new frontier. Unfortunately, it is so new that many of California’s leaders, reacting to their own fears, are participating in discrimination against both children and adults based on perceived contagiousness.
Discrimination based on vaccination status, immunity, or medical opt-out is now normalized across private and public sectors. Whether you’re denied entry to a public event, dropped from a college, or refused service at a doctor’s office—it’s happening more than you think.
Why it matters:
Coerced consent is the worst consent, and discrimination based on whether or not you accepted a medical intervention is wrong. We need consistent civil rights protections that extend to modern-day issues of bodily autonomy and privacy.
What IPA Is Doing About It
At Informed Policy Advocates, we’re not just sounding the alarm—we’re organizing solutions.
Our mission is simple:
To codify protections that ensure every Californian retains the right to informed consent, opt out rights, and freedom from discrimination.
Here’s how we’re doing it:
Drafting and supporting legislation that restores personal belief exemptions and strengthens medical consumer protections.
Pushing for civil rights protections that apply to vaccination decisions, allowing individuals to exist in their natural state without coercion to accept a prophylactic medical intervention.
Educating the public and legislators on the unintended consequences of coercive health mandates and opaque policy decisions.
Rallying public engagement to change the narrative and move the legislative needle.
Why This Fight Matters Now
California is seen as a bellwether for the nation. What happens here sets precedent elsewhere. If civil rights are allowed to erode quietly in the Golden State, under the guise of “public health” or “safety,” the ripple effects will be long-lasting. But if Californians pushes back and reclaims our rights to informed consent, medical freedom, and non-discrimination—we don’t just protect ourselves, we set the tone for national reform.
Be Part of the Movement
This is personal for every parent, teacher, medical professional, first responder, student, or citizen who’s ever been silenced, sidelined, or forced to choose between their conscience and their livelihood—this fight is for you and your future.
Join the movement. Defend civil rights. Stay informed.
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